Posted on 08/06/2023 10:17:26 AM PDT by McGruff
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. On Aug. 9, 1945, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The bombings resulted in thousands of causalities in Japan.
The decision to drop the bombs on the cities is controversial, even today, due to how many lives were lost. Thousands of people died from the atomic bomb, but the action also ended World War II.
Here is everything you need to know about Hiroshima and the atomic bomb.
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racial superiority
Ethnic superiority.
There’s still only one race (HUMAN) of people on the planet.
Different paint jobs, sure, but still “homo sapiens”.
Yes indeed...
That’s a pretty amazing .pdf.
Where do we go to get an equivalent about JFK and Jan6?
EVERYTHING you need to know? This isn’t even a pittance. It’s more like an ad for the movie (I won’t even say the name so I don’t advertise even more..
Iris Chang, a historian who interviewed survivors and witnesses, wrote “ The Rape of Nanking”
The experience contributed to a severe depression and she committed suicide at age 36. I know there is a documentary about this, can’t remember if on netflix or youtube or…
https://www.today.com/popculture/nanking-author-commits-suicide-wbna6464557
Exactly.
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My dad served in Japan during the occupation and the war crime trials. He didn’t have to invade it. God bless Harry Truman!
Also, part of dad’s duties as an MP was to guard and transport Tojo to his trial. Never asked how close he came to the execution.
I know you both know this but there may be those that do not.
The policies of No Surrender, Fight to the Last Man, and accompanying civilians committing suicide had been going on long before Okinawa. For the prior year, or better, virtually every island we fought on had that tenacity and bloody end as we fought our way west. It wasn’t just an opinion that they would kill their own population in fighting to the last man, it was an acknowledged certainty.
Remember the Japanese that surrendered in the 60’s, 70’s, and even one until the 80’s?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_holdout
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