It’s a good thing nobody takes the “History” Channel seriously anymore.
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.
They left out the part that according to MacAurther, there would have been upward of a million casualties to invade Japan.
I often watch History Channel but this episode escaped me. If I had seen it and it was/is as presented I probably would have flipped,easy to do with Oliver Stone stuff. I was about eighth in a line getting battle gear at a infantry replacement depot on Leyte when a Lt. came out and told us to go back to the tents because the war was over. We certainly before then did not have a feeling the war was over and even with the impending landing on Japan most if not all were wishing for more atomic bombs would be dropped. Sitting in that tent on Leyte I was very glad that the bombs had been dropped. I always believed and still do that the Communistic Russian dictator Stalin decided it was time, beneficial, and opportunistic to go against the Japs and get back some land without much cost. People like Stone need to do more serious and realistic research work before putting out their propaganda. I didn’t notice much regret in the Jap prisoners I was in contact after the war’s end. I’m sure my brother who was killed on Okinawa didn’t believe the Japs would surrender without some overwhelming force being used.