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Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:33 am to AUCom96
Amazing how people react so viscerally to atomic weapons. The firebombing of Tokyo and Dresden killed more than the atomic bombs. I’m not saying we should use them casually.
I repeat. The Japanese killed between 12 and 20 million Chinese alone. Kept Korean women as sex slaves. Americans only give them a pass because of residual guilt from the bombings.
I recall hearing a historian describe giving a speech in Asia about the war and how so many non- Japanese Asians were aghast and even angered that Americans were second guessing their bombing.
I repeat. The Japanese killed between 12 and 20 million Chinese alone. Kept Korean women as sex slaves. Americans only give them a pass because of residual guilt from the bombings.
I recall hearing a historian describe giving a speech in Asia about the war and how so many non- Japanese Asians were aghast and even angered that Americans were second guessing their bombing.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:44 am to AUCom96
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Do you frickers believe this bullshite?
My Dad had 40 missions over Japan in a B29. The raids he was in on killed alot more people than the 2 atom bombs. So, I guess they got enough. But, the 2 nukes did save lives by ending the war. Even more Japanese lives were saved. Most historians agree on that point.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:49 am to Ping Pong
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The Italians got off the easiest,
La. Tech library contains the texts of the prison Camp Ruston that held German and Italian prisoners. The supervisors wrote that the Italians were very difficult to discipline because they kept insisting: 'Let us out of here and send us back to Italy. We're not the enemy. We're with the allies!" The Italian officers knew that their soldiers were full of shite but they had no control over them. The German officers had total control over their troops and got along great with the American guards.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:57 am to AUCom96
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2 atomics and a shite ton of civilian firebombing?
I'd hate to know what you consider "not easy".
we could of flattened the whole Country, and had every right to do so.
But then we helped them become World, economic powers.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 10:51 am to stlslick
You would have a very hard time finding someone in any of a half dozen Asian countries who thinks that the Japanese got what they deserved.
They would universally say they got off easy. Only Americans believe that.
By the way. The death rate of American POWs in Germany was 3%. In Japan it was 33%.
Do you doubt that if the situation was reversed, the Japanese would have hesitated for a moment to drop atomic bombs in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles?
They would universally say they got off easy. Only Americans believe that.
By the way. The death rate of American POWs in Germany was 3%. In Japan it was 33%.
Do you doubt that if the situation was reversed, the Japanese would have hesitated for a moment to drop atomic bombs in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles?
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