80 Years Since The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

[Gepetto 1,466]

 

[easilyscan 1,051]

Interesting. Thanks. 

 

[TimHauck 3,360]

Strike thinks the civilians deserved it

[Mark Davis 428]

Those bombs saved a lot of lives when doing the accounting for what an invasion of mainland Japan would have looked like.  The threat of the Russians being a part of a land invasion helped tighten the screws a bit more as well.

[iam90sbaby 2,727]

We could’ve been the first nation in world history to conquer the entire world with just the threat of violence and we didn’t. Major L.

[edjr 6,977]

6 hours ago, Mark Davis said:

Those bombs saved a lot of lives when doing the accounting for what an invasion of mainland Japan would have looked like.  The threat of the Russians being a part of a land invasion helped tighten the screws a bit more as well.

Never get in a land war in Asia

[edjr 6,977]

On 8/14/2025 at 1:13 AM, iam90sbaby said:

We could’ve been the first nation in world history to conquer the entire world with just the threat of violence and we didn’t. Major L.

If squishy were President he’d have dropped the 1st one on Florida to teach the japs a lesson

[TBayXXXVII 2,677]

No civilian "deserved" anything... but something had to be done.  I think the biggest problems of the defending side of wars is that attacking the person in charge isn't the main objective.  Japan attacked us... let's go into Tokyo and destroy their Capitol.  We should have went after Hirohito.  Let them know that they, personally, are the target.  Putin went into Ukraine, I understand Ukraine has to defend themselves, but they got so much help from other countries, send a bomber to take out Moscow.  Fock Putin.  Send a message right up his a$$.

[TheNewGirl 1,637]

17 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

No civilian "deserved" anything... but something had to be done.  I think the biggest problems of the defending side of wars is that attacking the person in charge isn't the main objective.  Japan attacked us... let's go into Tokyo and destroy their Capitol.  We should have went after Hirohito.  Let them know that they, personally, are the target.  Putin went into Ukraine, I understand Ukraine has to defend themselves, but they got so much help from other countries, send a bomber to take out Moscow.  Fock Putin.  Send a message right up his a$$.

Didn't they go after Hiroshima and Nagasaki because they were big education, military and industrial centers? the goal was destruction of military centers, not people specifically. 

[TBayXXXVII 2,677]

14 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

Didn't they go after Hiroshima and Nagasaki because they were big education, military and industrial centers? the goal was destruction of military centers, not people specifically. 

Oh yes, I understand why those targets were selected from a strategic standpoint.  I have no doubt that a big part of the reason why the war ended just 1 month later, was this attack.  I just think that if you dropped one of those on Tokyo instead, and took out Hirohito, the other bomb wouldn't have been necessary.  It also sends a message to war mongering leaders, that they might be the target, not their facilities which can be rebuilt.

Pre-WW2, I doubt any country had safeguards in place to protect their leaders from an atomic bomb.

[Gepetto 1,466]

14 hours ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Oh yes, I understand why those targets were selected from a strategic standpoint.  I have no doubt that a big part of the reason why the war ended just 1 month later, was this attack.  I just think that if you dropped one of those on Tokyo instead, and took out Hirohito, the other bomb wouldn't have been necessary.  It also sends a message to war mongering leaders, that they might be the target, not their facilities which can be rebuilt.

Pre-WW2, I doubt any country had safeguards in place to protect their leaders from an atomic bomb.

The video stated Tokyo was not bombed because it had already been bombed for months and was severely damaged and they wanted to drop the Atomic bomb on an untouched city to clearly gauge the Atomic bombs' devastating effects.

[TBayXXXVII 2,677]

5 hours ago, Gepetto said:

The video stated Tokyo was not bombed because it had already been bombed for months and was severely damaged and they wanted to drop the Atomic bomb on an untouched city to clearly gauge the Atomic bombs' devastating effects.

Like I said, I understand the strategy behind what they did, I just think a louder message would've been to target Hirohito himself. 

[Tree of Knowledge 2,208]

23 hours ago, edjr said:

If squishy were President he’d have dropped the 1st one on Florida to teach them a lesson

It would have to be north Florida.  No way would he irradiate South Beach and Key West. 

[HellToupee 2,295]

1 hour ago, Tree of Knowledge said:

Key West. 

@weepaws likes to get freaky there