Anvil Kasseri (08-09-2020), Earl (08-09-2020)
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Hiroshima was chosen as the first target due to its military and industrial values. As a military target, Hiroshima was a major army base that housed the headquarters of the Japanese 5th Division and the 2nd Army Headquarters. It was also an important port in southern Japan and a communications center.https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?ba...tions%20center.The city of Nagasaki was one of the most important sea ports in southern Japan. Although it was not among the list of potential targets selected by Oppenheimer's committee, it was added later due to its significance as a major war production center for warships, munitions, and other equipment.
Anvil Kasseri (08-09-2020), Earl (08-09-2020)
Rune (08-09-2020)
Anvil Kasseri (08-09-2020)
Earl (08-09-2020)
ww2dbaseOn 16 Jul 1945, while President of the United States Harry Truman was at Potsdam, Germany to meet with his Allied counterparts, long-waited results reached him: The Manhattan Project, the American effort at building the atomic bomb, successfully detonated the first bomb during a test at Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States. Truman, unwilling to risk the huge amount of lives that might be lost on both sides should the Allies invade the Japanese home islands, ordered the usage of the new technology. The scientists presented them with two such weapons, while the military sought uranium to produce a third.
The salient part.
Anvil Kasseri (08-09-2020)
List the war crimes...your president, FDR, the most liberal president in history, was president in April, 1945. The Dresden bombings started in Feb. 1945.
They were necessary because the German people were actively aiding the war effort that cost American soldiers’ lives.
Anvil Kasseri (08-09-2020)
Rune (08-09-2020)
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
Anvil Kasseri (08-09-2020), Earl (08-09-2020), ExpressLane (08-09-2020)
Rune (08-09-2020)
Earl (08-09-2020), ExpressLane (08-09-2020)
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
Anvil Kasseri (08-09-2020), Earl (08-09-2020)
The Japanese military was so exhausted by that point, we easily could have just captured Hirohito and forced him to end the war. The real reason for dropping the bombs was to show off that we had new powerful weapons.
Which is some bitter irony, because that was one of the main causes of the first world war.
Rune (08-09-2020)
Nomad (08-10-2020)
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
Anvil Kasseri (08-09-2020), Earl (08-09-2020)
Anvil Kasseri (08-09-2020), Earl (08-09-2020)
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