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To: dhs12345; Homer_J_Simpson
And today, we read in Homer's grand article This Morning how there were indeed, warlords on the Japanese Council who vowed to keep fighting to the end, even in the face of atomic fire.
10 posted on 08/06/2015 6:50:17 AM PDT by Old Sarge (I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
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To: Old Sarge

Yup. And the people of Japan believed that Hirohito was a god or godlike.

The bombs were decisive and left little room for argument. The only problem, we only had two. But Japan didn’t know this.

It is ironic that such a weapon forced Japan to surrender which resulted in peace. Since then, Japan has been an ally although sometimes an economic and technological competitor. Without the bomb, the Japan AND the United States would have been a lot worse.


35 posted on 08/06/2015 8:11:22 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Old Sarge
And today, we read in Homer's grand article This Morning how there were indeed, warlords on the Japanese Council who vowed to keep fighting to the end, even in the face of atomic fire.

You have some more reading to do, Sarge. The last WWII mission wasn't a B-29 atomic strike. And it may have done as much to end the war as the two A-bomb missions did. AND it helped keep the Soviets from occupying parts of Japan.

The Last Mission: The Secret History of World War II's Final Battl


43 posted on 08/06/2015 11:30:56 AM PDT by archy
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