[Xyik]

apparently japan is really good at this.

[WillPostForFood]

The US helped clear the cities though.

[ghaff]

It's not really funny (though it kinda is) but back when all the talk was about how the Japanese were eating the US's lunch a frequent claim was it was because they got a fresh start after WWII. Someone or other--don't remember who--then once retorted that the problems of the US steel industry probably wouldn't be solved by dropping an A-Bomb on Gary Indiana.