Hiroshima

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Why are you making off-topic posts in a serious discussion?

Because it is posted in the lounge...

[DanB]

The Lounge isn't just a full on spamfest



well not all the time anyway

[RPerry]

enough of the time that it doesn't matter I guess....

[Cheese]

Listen matey, some of us post some bloody good stuff here.

So a little respect would be in order.

Oh and as Santayana said "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", to keep on topic and away from these spammers.

Unfortunately I think I got the idea for my post from British Buffy clone Hex

[DanB]

Unfortunately I think I got the idea for my post from British Buffy clone Hex. Hex

I watched the first ep of that and didn't really like it. Has it got any better then?

[lynx]

Listen matey, some of us post some bloody good stuff here.

So a little respect would be in order.

Oh and as Santayana said "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", to keep on topic and away from these spammers.

I thought he said "Oye como va". At least, that's how I heard it.

[Everose]

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...782068,00.html





Is this our advanced warning?

[bigboab]

IMO the bombs were to dropped not to end the war with Japan but to stop Russia invading Japan. Russia was in a position to invade Japan at a moments notice. Had they done so they would have controlled the whole area, with no chance of the 'Western' alliance of regaining it.

America at that time wanted to invade Russia. After the fall of Berlin they wanted to carry on to Moscow. Without Japan as a base and considering the Himalayas they could ony have invaded from the European front. Their chances of winning that was zilch. Especially as the rest of the Western Alliance refused to carry on to Russia. Russia had more land forces than all the other countries put together.

[CloudSeeder]

http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/frame5.htm

Germany 780,000 civilians killed
Japan 672,000 civilians killed

While I agree with the fact that a nuclear war would be horrendous, There were less Japanese civilians killed by the 2 atomic bombs dropped there than there were by the thousands dropped on Germany by the British, French, and the Americans. I personally do not believe there would have been any less civilian casualties in Japan had the Atomic bombs not been dropped than there were when we did drop the bombs. I sincerely believe there would have been considerably more casualties on both sides.

2 planes, 2 bombs, 672,000 civilians killed.
thousands of planes, thousands of bombs, 780,000 civilians killed.

I have to ask here, which was better?

[kAb]

http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/frame5.htm

Germany 780,000 civilians killed
Japan 672,000 civilians killed

While I agree with the fact that a nuclear war would be horrendous, There were less Japanese civilians killed by the 2 atomic bombs dropped there than there were by the thousands dropped on Germany by the British, French, and the Americans. I personally do not believe there would have been any less civilian casualties in Japan had the Atomic bombs not been dropped than there were when we did drop the bombs. I sincerely believe there would have been considerably more casualties on both sides.

2 planes, 2 bombs, 672,000 civilians killed.
thousands of planes, thousands of bombs, 780,000 civilians killed.

I have to ask here, which was better?

Which was better?

Well with 2 bombs, and 672,000 civilians killed, common sense tells you that with one less bomb, half as many people would be killed.

Thousands of bombs, well, not nearly as many lives would be spared if one bomb was not dropped.