Anonymous wrote:Not sure why bombing 1 town was not enough and it had to be 2.

Some hardheaded punks need two fists upside the head to get the message of “cease and desist”.

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why bombing 1 town was not enough and it had to be 2.

Read up. Before the first bomb was dropped, the US pushed Japan to surrender, under threat of a devastating attack, using a new kind of bomb, and they said "Yeah whatever."

Then Hiroshima experienced a devastating attack... and, again, they were pushed to surrender, under threat of a second devastating attack of a second unnamed city. "Nope, we're good," they said.

So the US bombed Nagasaki and then they said "OK, ok, wait, we surrender."

In the months before the bombs were dropped Truman asked for realistic estimates of what it would take for the US to defeat Japan conventionally and he was given "about 5 years and at least 250,000 dead US troops" at which point he said "Hmm, ok, get the atomic bomb things ready, we're not fighting them for another 5 years."

Anonymous wrote:The Japanese were preparing to fight to death; the death of every Japanese man, woman, and child.

You have to view the bombs’ use through only one lens: the lens of reality.

The fact is: the bombs saved countless lives.

And this is how 99% of the world views the use of the bombs.

The Japanese were preparing to fight to death; the death of every Japanese man, woman, and child.

You have to view the bombs’ use through only one lens: the lens of reality.

The fact is: the bombs saved countless lives.

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why bombing 1 town was not enough and it had to be 2.

If you know nothing about the subject, then try to ask intelligent questions.

Japan refused to surrender after the first bomb was dropped. The emperor and his war lord, Tojo, luckily decided to unconditionally surrender after the 2nd bomb was dropped.

We only had two bombs so don't know what we would have done if we had needed three Atomic bombs.

Israel should do the same with Gaza.

FAFO

Not sure why bombing 1 town was not enough and it had to be 2.

It was quite a thing,
It was quite a thing.
The big boom,
Nuclear, atomic, the whole thing.

Hiroshimi and Kawasaki were levelled,
Total disasters.

They were total disasters.

Anonymous wrote:Japan refused to surrender and Truman had to make a choice drop the bomb and end the war on invade Japan with the possible loss of hundreds of thousands, potentially millions, of American casualties, according to military historians. Estimates varied, but military advisors to President Truman predicted between 250,000 and one million Allied casualties, with a similar number of Japanese casualties.

It was indeed a very difficult decision knowing there would be a large loss of civilian life but historians are correct about the alternative likely causing similar amounts of death and destruction. Japan and Germany were in the wrong and the good people of the world stopped them. Never forget.

Japan refused to surrender and Truman had to make a choice drop the bomb and end the war on invade Japan with the possible loss of hundreds of thousands, potentially millions, of American casualties, according to military historians. Estimates varied, but military advisors to President Truman predicted between 250,000 and one million Allied casualties, with a similar number of Japanese casualties.

One day those places might be inhabitable again, but it’ll probably take another hundred thousand years.

Japan should pay reparations for the cost of the Manhattan Project.

The bombings on August 6 and 9, 1945 resulted in the deaths of over 200K people by the end of that year.

The anniversary serves as a reminder of the horrors of nuclear war and the ongoing threat of nuclear weapons.

In NYC, an event is planned for Saturday, August 9, from noon to 5 pm which will include a 20-panel photo exhibit and a ceremony to commemorate the atomic bombings. Are other cities planning any events? Does your family have stories or experiences from that time?