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[–] ytsedude@lemmy.world 137 points 3 days ago (30 children)

A total of 2,348 bombs weighing 41 tons were disposed of during fiscal year 2023, the Reuters news agency reported, citing the Self-Defense Force.

Holy shit. Other than the obvious, I never learned much in school about the Allied bombing campaign in Japan during WWII... which, now that I think about it, was probably on purpose.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 66 points 3 days ago (15 children)

Not just in Japan, in Europe as well.

We're still finding random shit from all sides, IIRC there is a fully loaded German heavy bomber on the bottom of the lake near where I grew up

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

I would ask the corpses of the crew who are still down there, but I would guess they would have went home instead of dying in a foreign land if it still flew.

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