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Think of the damage inflicted that day then consider the fact modern weapons are over 3000x more powerful.
And still people criticise Israel for stopping those mentalists in Iran making one.
An inhuman , vicious country of sadists justifiably brought to its knees Meanwhile , spare a thought for the thousands of prisoners beaten or starved to death
80 Years Ago Today - Hiroshima!! on 09:39 - Aug 6 by onehunglow
An inhuman , vicious country of sadists justifiably brought to its knees Meanwhile , spare a thought for the thousands of prisoners beaten or starved to death
People forget that in a war it's normally civilians who suffer the worst .The Japanese and two chances of the bombs not being dropped,they chose to ignore them.Not sure since that event countries have held back from starting a major war because imo it hasn't , it's just stopped it going to the final level
"In a free society, the State is the servant of the people—not the master."
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80 Years Ago Today - Hiroshima!! on 10:57 - Aug 6 with 547 views
Without the A bombs thousands of Anzacs would have been butchered alive as well as our lads They got what they deserved Their armies were fanatical Japanese culture myRse
Japan had spent 20+ years torturing and murdering their way through SE Asia. Their treatment of Allied POW's and civilians was just as bad.
We'd have been entirely justified in dropping a dozen nukes on them.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.
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80 Years Ago Today - Hiroshima!! on 22:09 - Aug 6 with 444 views
80 Years Ago Today - Hiroshima!! on 21:22 - Aug 6 by Dr_Winston
Japan had spent 20+ years torturing and murdering their way through SE Asia. Their treatment of Allied POW's and civilians was just as bad.
We'd have been entirely justified in dropping a dozen nukes on them.
It was dropped to persuade Japan to surrender to the US and not to Russia. It was also a show of force to Stalin who held most of the cards because of the red armies strong position in Europe and Manchuria
Two Jap armies had been annihilated in Burma by the British 14th army and were in big trouble in the pacific and by the Red army in Manchuria
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80 Years Ago Today - Hiroshima!! on 09:41 - Aug 7 with 347 views
80 Years Ago Today - Hiroshima!! on 10:51 - Aug 6 by Boundy
People forget that in a war it's normally civilians who suffer the worst .The Japanese and two chances of the bombs not being dropped,they chose to ignore them.Not sure since that event countries have held back from starting a major war because imo it hasn't , it's just stopped it going to the final level
In WW2 is is estimated that twice as many civilians died than armed forces personnel. Sadly that's the way of things.
It was dropped to persuade Japan to surrender to the US and not to Russia. It was also a show of force to Stalin who held most of the cards because of the red armies strong position in Europe and Manchuria
Two Jap armies had been annihilated in Burma by the British 14th army and were in big trouble in the pacific and by the Red army in Manchuria
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Hiroshima was to tell Japan to surrender quickly, whilst Nagasaki was a demonstration to Russia.
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan
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80 Years Ago Today - Hiroshima!! on 09:48 - Aug 8 with 155 views
Nor should they ever forget how inhuman their Emperor and his armies were and their dismissal of the Geneva convention Inhumanities hard to understand now
You don't understand... America was afraid that Japan would fight till the last man. As that Japanese soldier found on a remote island years later attests to. They didn't expect an im.ediate surrender, in fact they new was almost impossible with the regime.
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan
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80 Years Ago Today - Hiroshima!! on 17:19 - Aug 8 with 82 views
80 Years Ago Today - Hiroshima!! on 15:39 - Aug 8 by DJack
You don't understand... America was afraid that Japan would fight till the last man. As that Japanese soldier found on a remote island years later attests to. They didn't expect an im.ediate surrender, in fact they new was almost impossible with the regime.
The red army was hammering the Japs in Manchuria. The Red army was conquering Europe. The Yank were concerned that they would get there first.the US was bogged down in the Pacific islands and this was a possibility. It also sent a message to Stalin.
I know conventional wisdom said it was about saving lives, but the reasons were more complex
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