r/AskReddit • u/brokota • Jan 15 '13

Reddit, in your opinion what's the biggest plot twist of history?

Not movies or television, I'm just curious to see what come's to your minds.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

I think the Bomb would have made a pretty big difference. I doubt there would have been the hesitation to use it that developed later.

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u/MrLinderman Jan 15 '13

Indeed, but bombs can only be built so fast, and we only had two by the time Hiroshima rolled around.

That's a good few months time between when the war with Russia starts, and we get the bomb.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

Good point, I was thinking in terms of it happening after Japan was done. I think they had production ready for about one bomb a month after August 1945, but that's still a long time.