on an occum's razor sorta basis,

We also have his postwar recollections. Not to mention his letter to
Bess from Potsdam: "Think of all the boys that won't be killed!" --
words to that effect.

Well, here it is exactly, written on July 17:

"I'll say that we'll end the war a year sooner now, and think of the
kids who won't be killed!"

Again, I recommend Downfall for the details of how the war ended.
www.warbirdforum.com/downfall.htm



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