0th anniversary of VJ Day: Thank the atomic bomb for saving millions of lives

[Unkotare]

We didnt have them......

And if we had, do you think we would have used them on Germany? (speculation, admittedly)

 

[Unkotare]

Hiroshima and nagasaki were military targets.......

I guess that's why the vast, vast, vast majority of those killed were civilians - women, children, elderly...

 

[RetiredGySgt]

How many atomic bombs did we drop on German civilians?

they surrendered before we had the bomb retard.

 

[Unkotare]

they surrendered before we had the bomb...

So, how many?

 

[2aguy]

And if we had, do you think we would have used them on Germany? (speculation, admittedly)

Thats why we were building them.....we had already been bombing Germany and killing civillians all over Germany...

 

[2aguy]

I guess that's why the vast, vast, vast majority of those killed were civilians - women, children, elderly...

Were there military units in those cities?

 

[2aguy]

I guess that's why the vast, vast, vast majority of those killed were civilians - women, children, elderly...

Outside of the military there, just like in Germany, the bulk of the men were on islands killing U.S. marines

 

[2aguy]

I guess that's why the vast, vast, vast majority of those killed were civilians - women, children, elderly...

Hiroshima was anmilitary port....

. Hiroshima was a major port and a military headquarters, and therefore a strategic target.

Why Hiroshima?

The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.

www.atomicarchive.com

Nagasaki....

How weather determined the target for the atomic bombs

Weather was a factor in the targets for the atomic bombs.

spectrumlocalnews.com

 

[Unkotare]

Thats why we were building them.....we had already been bombing Germany and killing civillians [sic] all over Germany...

So, if we had, do you think we would have used them on Germany?

 

[Unkotare]

I guess that's why the vast, vast, vast majority of those killed were civilians - women, children, elderly...

.

 

[2aguy]

So, if we had, do you think we would have used them on Germany?

Absolutely.....did you ever hear of a German city called Dresden? The one that was firebombed?

25,000 dead Germans.....

In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces(USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city.[1] The bombing and the resulting firestormdestroyed more than 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) of the city centre.[2] Up to 25,000 people were killed.

Bombing of Dresden - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Unkotare]

Outside of the military there, just like in Germany, the bulk of the men were on islands killing U.S. marines

"General Dwight Eisenhower voiced his opposition at Potsdam. "The Japanese were already defeated," he told Secretary of War Henry Stimson, "and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing." Admiral William Leahy, President Harry Truman's chief of staff, said that the "Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender….The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan." General Douglas MacArthur said that the Japanese would have gladly surrendered as early as May if the U.S. had told them they could keep the emperor. Similar views were voiced by Admirals Chester Nimitz, Ernest King and William Halsey, and General Henry Arnold."

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-05-27/its-time-to-confront-painful-truths-about-using-the-atomic-bombs-on-japan

 

[Unkotare]

Absolutely......

I'm not so sure, but we'll never know.

 

[2aguy]

"General Dwight Eisenhower voiced his opposition at Potsdam. "The Japanese were already defeated," he told Secretary of War Henry Stimson, "and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing." Admiral William Leahy, President Harry Truman's chief of staff, said that the "Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender….The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan." General Douglas MacArthur said that the Japanese would have gladly surrendered as early as May if the U.S. had told them they could keep the emperor. Similar views were voiced by Admirals Chester Nimitz, Ernest King and William Halsey, and General Henry Arnold."

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-05-27/its-time-to-confront-painful-truths-about-using-the-atomic-bombs-on-japan

And?

The conditions werw total surrender and they refused...

They murdered 10 million civillians

 

[2aguy]

I'm not so sure, but we'll never know.

The bombs were built to deop on the Germans first...

 

[Unkotare]

And?

The conditions werw [sic] ......

The conditions were EXACTLY the terms we eventually accepted. Hmmm....

 

[Unkotare]

The bombs were built to deop on the Germans first...

Again, speculation but I don't think we would have...

 

[2aguy]

Again, speculation but I don't think we would have...

Why not? we were bombing Germam cities every night.....

 

[Unkotare]

Why not? we were bombing Germam [sic] cities every night.....

We didn't throw every German American on the East Coast into concentration camps.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

we threw a bunvh in jail and camps and we kept them there unlike the Japanese that were released.

We didn't throw every German American on the East Coast into concentration camps.