WWII....
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I don't mean to offend anyone,but i think the allies in wwII should have delayed the war for the couple months needed to finish the 'A' bomb?. I think if there was ever any nation that deserved the atomic bomb, Germany was the one. The Japanese got what they deserved,but those Nazi loving germans should have gotten it too. People who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.
The Germans paid pretty heavily without hitting them with an atomic weapon. Not only were there cities destroyed, but what was left in Eastern Germany was taken by the Russians and many Germans were made to do forced labor in Russia after the war. I think Germany paid a much heavier price in the war than Japan. True, Japan was hit by two atomic weapons, but overall, their cities weren't destroyed like Germany's were. As bad as the German Nazis were, I don't think it would've been better to use atomic weapons on Germans in general. The Nazis lost power and Germany reformed. I don't see the point in killing any more people than necessary to accomplish that.
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I think Cristian is very ignorant of these fact. There are films of japanese civilians jumping from cliffs instead of living under occupation. But I doubt the bombs weren't ready when the war in europe was over. I think it was a delebrate effort on the part of the allies not to drop the bomb on germans, cause they were europians(prejudise of the worst kind).I still recent them for that. And still hate germans.
But I doubt the bombs weren't ready when the war in europe was over. I think it was a delebrate effort on the part of the allies not to drop the bomb on germans, cause they were europians(prejudise of the worst kind).I still recent them for that. And still hate germans. Or maybe they weren't ready. May 7, 1945 - Germany surrenders unconditionally. July 16, 1945 - U.S. explodes first atomic bomb, the Trinity test, at Alamogordo.
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OK I've listened to your uninformed bleating long enough. They used two types of bombs because thats all they had. They produced enough plutoinium and U-235 to make 3 bombs. They tested the first U-235 bomb at the Trinity site. They had two left see 3-1=2. No plot here. They dropped one and Japan still did not see the light so they dropped the other ( not even being real sure that it would work). If Japan had not capitulated at that point it would have been a while before we had another. And many AMERICAN lives would have been lost on an invasion of Japan that the use of the bomb made unneccessary. I guess we were not really thinking about the Japanese senseabilities when we made that decision. It was, however, the correct one. Richard Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
Richard Stringer wrote: OK I've listened to your uninformed bleating long enough. Blah, blah, blah. Richard Stringer wrote: I guess we were not really thinking about the Japanese senseabilities when we made that decision. It was, however, the correct one. I continue to maintain that the targets chosen had no military value and that there is no excuse for killing people who have nothing to do with the military as an act of war. That some sort of bombing was a better alternative to an invasion is clear, but what the hell was Japan going to do ? Christian I am completely intolerant of stupidity. Stupidity is, of course, anything that doesn't conform to my way of thinking. - Jamie Hale - 29/05/2002 Half the reason people switch away from VB is to find out what actually goes on.. and then like me they find out that they weren't quite as good as they thought - they've been nannied. - Alex, 13 June 2002