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Originally Posted by LeEnfield [1]Lets start of by saying that every film director has their own slant on history. They do not make films to be historically accurate but box office hits.(...)
[2]It is all very clever of people who were not around during these events to twist them to their own point of view, but dropping these bombs was the right things to do at the time and they saved millions of life's on both sides in the finish. |
1- I'm studying historical science so i sure know that movies are just movies- the one i mentioned was just because thats what made me think about the matter (the movie itself is NOT about the A-Bombs...) and as far as im concerned- as long as you start thinking about it and start having discussions like that- even "un"-historical movies (also like Gladiator) are good to start general interest in history. Of course you have to be so smart to get an own point of view(s).
2- I hope we're not twisting anything - we're just discussing and argumenting which is one of the best things humanity is capable of (how philosophical
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To the last Post: I'm not really convinced yet that it was necessary, may be LeEnfield is right- 1 should have been sufficent but that could have just provoced pure rage and will for revenge. The second was maybe a demonstration to show that they have more and there is no chance for Japan...
But whats bothering me: The Japanese people had and still have a great and also very spiritual culture AND they are surely and have never been completely deff or stupid- so i would agree that they already thought about how to bring the war to an end...
And as for the troops- they faught fiercily because they didn't have an other option. But i don't think that's a very special case- the germans also had the "Total war" (Volkssturm etc.) which was nothing else than suicide as well. And nearly every Soldier says he would die for his country, so what's so special about the Japanese that did only allow A-bombs and didn't allow a diplomatic soution?