Missileer said:I think this is closest to the truth.
"How could a president, or the others charged with responsibility for the decision, answer to the American people if... after the bloodbath of an invasion of Japan, it became known that a weapon sufficient to end the war had been available by midsummer and was not used?"
I think that the resistance that Japan had shown in the Pacific island hopping campaign demonstrated the futility hope for a Japanese surrender.
chewie_nz said:Missileer said:I think this is closest to the truth.
"How could a president, or the others charged with responsibility for the decision, answer to the American people if... after the bloodbath of an invasion of Japan, it became known that a weapon sufficient to end the war had been available by midsummer and was not used?"
I think that the resistance that Japan had shown in the Pacific island hopping campaign demonstrated the futility hope for a Japanese surrender.
i agree, no conspiracy, no evil intent, the decision to drop those bombs was a hard one, but i believe the right one.
it's certianly a lot more straight foward than say, the firebombing of dresden
Craftsman said:I have to disagree, Japan was on the defensive. It's ports were mined and it's ofensive abilities shattered, sure an invasion would have caused alot of allied casualties so why not just sit back and do nothing. It isn't like the allies were short on time.
Craftsman said:I have to disagree, Japan was on the defensive. It's ports were mined and it's ofensive abilities shattered, sure an invasion would have caused alot of allied casualties so why not just sit back and do nothing. It isn't like the allies were short on time.
MichiganMarineInfantry said:Let's discuss the fact that they brought the decision, partly, on themsleves. The way they treated American, British and Australian POW's is unforgivable. If they would have won the war, how would they have treated civilians? Ponder that for awhile, and I belive they got was coming to them, it's unforunate, but nobody made them abuse POW's.
Charge 7 said:Pearl Harbor was surely a factor in dropping the bomb, but I believe the projected 1 million US casualties and up to 30 million Japanese casualties if we had invaded Japan had much more to do with it. That and sending a message to the Russians. Dropping the bomb saved a vast amount of American and Japanese lives and prevented Japan from seeing the division that Germany and Korea did.
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