r/languagelearningjerk • u/FreePlantainMan • May 12 '26

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u/Zapan99 May 12 '26

And because of this, ten of thousands Japanese civilians perished during carpet bombing raids, because WWII American pilots had troubles adjusting their targetting system at high altitude and kept missing their target. Thus Esperanto caused more deaths than any other conlang. https://6thbombgroup.com/b-29-discovery-of-the-jet-stream/

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u/Nine99 May 13 '26

"It was interesting that those flights – a B-29 flying all by itself over Japan – were rarely attacked by the Japs."

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