Hindsight is 20/20.
At the time, it did seem like the necessary thing to do.
Remember, they still were gearing up for an invasion of the main islands. Staging points were the order of the day.
No one, no one in military at all, knew that the bomb was going to change things.
No.....hindsight is 20/10.
At the time, it did seem like the necessary thing to do.
No one, no one in military at all, knew that the bomb was going to change things."
True, hindsight is always 20/20, but then again EVERY decision ever made is, isn't it?
Once the butchering began on the beach, it was time to withdraw and re-group.
A decision was made that "X" number of troops was going to be expendable, just as with most other battles during WWII.
"Taking the hill at all costs" is a "strategy" that has thankfully been sent to the ash heap of military planning.