My father went through the european theatre of WWII unscathed; however, he was then slated to go over to the Pacific theatre to participate in the invasion of Japan. The dropping of those two nuclear bombs on Japan ended the war and prevented the probable death of my father in a japanese invasion.
I have a special affection for Pres. Truman's action in that.
Oliver Stone doesn't say more people would have died with a man invasion
Me too. My dad served on an LST in the South Pacific and definitely would have participated in the invasion of mainland Japan. My feeling is that I most likely wouldn’t be here if Truman hadn’t made the decision he did. Thanks for my existence, Harry.
Japan started the war, not the U.S. Actions have consequences.
Same here! My dad was with Paton’s Acorn Division and after the European war stopped he was schedled to retrain for the invasion of Japan.
When the world was notified of the use of nukes he was greatly relieved that the war was over.
Interesting not: After the bombing of Nagasaki the US firebombed another city causing about as many casulties as the A-bombs did, but no one noticed because they were regular bombs and not nukes.
Somehow the world is ok with 1000 planes killing 100,000 people but one plane doing the same thing sticks in their craw. They should talk to the men who did not have to invade Japan.