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'Oppenheimer' draws debate over the absence of Japanese bombing victims in the film (www.nbcnews.com)

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Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it's complicated.

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[–] yeather 2 points 2 years ago

It wasn't a war crime though. An unfortunate loss of life but that's war. Civilians do unfortunately get caught in the crossfire more often than we wish and the US to their credit did drop leaflets to warn citizens they had the most powerful bomb and would use it on their city within a few days.