Dropping the bomb saved at least 12 million Japanese lives. The Japanese military at the time claimed that it saved at least 2 million Allied troops. And that's just on the southernmost island of Japan.
Regarding the bombing of Japan remember this as was told to me by veteran who saw the allied bombing of Dresden Germany. "Soldiers die in war they build a monument and call you a hero, women and children die people remember and don't start wars again". Germany and Japan have been remarkably well behaved since those days haven't they.
2 posted on 08/06/2008 11:01:09 PM PDT by SmithL
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Posted by grpphoto on August 7, 2008 at 12:27 a.m.
Dropping the bomb saved at least 12 million Japanese lives. The Japanese military at the time claimed that it saved at least 2 million Allied troops. And that's just on the southernmost island of Japan.
Posted by toolmeister on August 7, 2008 at 12:39 a.m.
Regarding the bombing of Japan remember this as was told to me by veteran who saw the allied bombing of Dresden Germany. "Soldiers die in war they build a monument and call you a hero, women and children die people remember and don't start wars again". Germany and Japan have been remarkably well behaved since those days haven't they.