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Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:13 am to VADawg
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Even after the second bomb, there was an attempted coup by Japanese military leaders to overthrow Hirohito and keep fighting. There was a large faction of that population who wanted to literally fight to the last person. They were training kids how to fight hand to hand combat in case the Americans started invading their cities. It took two nuclear bombs and the threat of the Soviets coming from the north to get them to finally quit.
It's a good thing that they weren't aware we didn't have any more bombs ready.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:31 am to TigerBR1111
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Terrible but ironically it probably saved many more lives than it took.
Well stated.
A necessary tragedy.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:32 am to TH03
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Ridiculous accuracy from that height.
Especially considering the technology of the time and the incredibly uncomfortable conditions the crew were facing.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:44 am to oogabooga68
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Especially considering the technology of the time and the incredibly uncomfortable conditions the crew were facing.
The Norden bombsight was a triumph in technological engineering. Variations of the original design are still used today on our B-52 bombers. As for the conditions the crew of the Enola Gay were facing, they encountered no resistance in the skies above Hiroshima. They were cruising at an altitude of some 31,000 feet - far above the maximum range of flak artillery or fighter interceptors. They were virtually untouchable up there and the bomb run was peaceful and flawless.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:00 am to Choupique19
You can’t be serious. 9/11 was nowhere close to the equivalent of a nuclear detonation.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:02 am to Choupique19
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Yeah, we call it 9/11.
No, as horrible as that day was, it is nowhere near equivalent to dropping an atomic bomb.
Those bombs destroyed entire cities. 9/11 took down a couple blocks.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:04 am to RollTide1987
Referring to the pressure, lack of sleep, etc.
Of course there was no enemy resistance to speak of.
Of course there was no enemy resistance to speak of.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:06 am to TH03
I agree, but I quoted the part where innocent civilians were killed. America lost 3000 innocent civilians on that tragic day. I don’t see how losing more civilians that day would have caused a different reaction.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:08 am to Choupique19
A nuclear bomb in Manhattan would’ve killed millions. It would’ve been 9/11 times 2356.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:08 am to Choupique19
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America lost 3000 innocent civilians on that tragic day. I don’t see how losing more civilians that day would have caused a different reaction.
I agree with your assessment of the shock value of 9/11, but 3,000 dead, as terrible as it was, is nowhere near 2 or 3 million dead had a nuclear bomb detonated in NYC instead.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:09 am to jennyjones
Thinking about how old I am now it blows my mind that currently that was 49 years before my birth. In a little over 10 years I will be as old as the atomic bomb was on the day of my birth. Wild.
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If what he is saying is right, then he is 26 years old. 1945+49=1994
2020-1994=26
26+10=36
36=/=49
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So you’re 39. Got it
If what he is saying is right, then he is 26 years old. 1945+49=1994
2020-1994=26
26+10=36
36=/=49
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:14 am to RollTide1987
<——Wouldn’t have ever been born if it weren’t for Little Boy & Fat Man
Pops probably would have bought it in the Invasion in ‘46.
Pops probably would have bought it in the Invasion in ‘46.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:16 am to VADawg
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amazes me how much they changed after the war despite having the same Emperor from 1926-1989.
It was more Hideki Tojo running the show than the emperor anyways
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:16 am to RollTide1987
quote:and look at it now....far more advanced than most cities in America. While America has cities like Detroit, Cleveland, and CHAZ
75 years ago right now....The city of Hiroshima disappeared from the face of the earth....
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:26 am to oogabooga68
And even though I wasn't on this earth yet, I don't feel guilty. The Japs were never going to surrender and it probably did save more lives in the long run had the war not ended. I feel for the innocent victims and the children who were just going on with their normal day during wartime but every other European country lost innocent lives as well and thankful that the US developed the bomb first. I shudder to think what the Germans might have done with it first.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:52 am to TigerBR1111
I was listening to the radio this morning and they were talking about this very topic and how books by Howard Zinn who is anti American are being taught now in middle and high schools not just college.
He (Zinn) says it didn't save any lives. The end result by his books being taught before college is being displayed in cities all over the country especially Portland and Seattle.
I teach in a small town in Southern New Jersey where Trump received the highest vote per capita in NJ and his books are in our curriculum. I am not a History teacher but if its being taught in my school its being taught every where (public not private).
He (Zinn) says it didn't save any lives. The end result by his books being taught before college is being displayed in cities all over the country especially Portland and Seattle.
I teach in a small town in Southern New Jersey where Trump received the highest vote per capita in NJ and his books are in our curriculum. I am not a History teacher but if its being taught in my school its being taught every where (public not private).
This post was edited on 8/6/20 at 8:54 am
Posted on 8/6/20 at 9:18 am to JerseyTiger07
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Howard Zinn
Needs to be stricken from history. His book, poorly cited and seemingly goes out of its way to take events completely out of context, has done much to destroy the American History curriculum. Children aren't being properly taught their nation's history anymore.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 9:23 am to jlovel7
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jlovel7
It could have been you.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 9:24 am to whitetiger1234
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It doesn’t feel like China gives a frick
They don't. communists see humans as disposable tools that are easily replaced. They are truly evil.
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