This is an atrocity that has caused thousands of innocent lives to perish under the flash of light. Even though the perpetrators were the victors, this act should be condemned and we should strive to never have those acts of mass destruction ever again.
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On this day 78 years ago, the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, ending the war
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Well, I can imagine the death toll would be a lot higher if the US needed to land on the main island. In both civilian and military lives.
These bombs did force the Japanese cabinet to lay down their weapons or face it on Tokyo.
These bombs did force the Japanese cabinet to lay down their weapons or face it on Tokyo.
Truthfully I have had very mixed opinions on the methods used here. Looking back at it though it was clear that Japan's army was not going to stand down. Their own people wanted them to, but they refused. They were literally sending in suicide bombers just because they were prefer to die rather than be dishonored. That was a wake up call for sure. The atomic bomb showed how quickly the world could end. It showed that there is always a method to end a war. And you need to know when to stand back.
For those whom wanna know. Nagasaki wasn't the primary target for the second atomic bomb. It was actually the city of Kokura.
This is why the saying "Luck of Kokura" or "Kokura luck" comes from.
This is why the saying "Luck of Kokura" or "Kokura luck" comes from.
FInally, someone who studied this.
Absolutely correct. It was only weather conditions and lack of visibility that made them change their target, literally in the space of fewer than twenty minutes.
It could have turned out much differently. But, most people never research this, and they only kind of care when it makes the news.
If we do not study history, we are doomed to repeat it.
What an interesting tidbit.
Medice, cura te ipsum.
So melodramatic. How different do you think it would have been if kokura had been hit rather than nagasaki?
If you want to illustrate how differently everything could have turned out, maybe mention that some people within the military and the Manhattan project suggested demonstrating the bomb on an unpopulated target to serve as a threat and deterrent, but the bomb was too unreliable and too susceptible to failure or sabotage to risk announcing a demonstration to the entire world. So they decided to do it live.
Better do videos.
Don't know if I enjoy that or the horror of the vegan set more. On that note as well
Re firebombs. There is more than a nice bit of propaganda about Dresden for the curious here
Don't know if I enjoy that or the horror of the vegan set more. On that note as well
Re firebombs. There is more than a nice bit of propaganda about Dresden for the curious here
Haven't heard of that one before. I guess it doesn't count as Schrödinger's Chicken since you are made aware if it's alive or dead.
I wonder why they couldn't use some thermal mass based solution instead of chickens they hope would survive that long. I mean, if the temperature was so low, there's a real chance they would die to hypothermia too?
Speaking of bizarre WW2 tech: pigeon-guided missiles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
The difference of life and death for the people in Kokura. How would you feel if you found out that you were the intended target of kill-strike, but someone you didn't know took the hit instead? I know I am asking too much, but if you could use your imagination, it's pretty wild.
Lives are just a means to an end, though, right?
The world wars were weird. All sides threw all sort of things at the wall to see what would stick. Anything to get an edge over the enemy forces. Anything that showed promise would then be iterated upon as soon as possible. Field retrofits and hacks were implemented into official designs.
Look up "experimental weapons of WW2" and be amazed.
it's the "let's kill their civilians, including their babies and children to keep our volunteer soldiers alive" philosophy
In the end I don't believe that it was not even that, It was just USA showing their power to the Soviets. They kept doing that for 40 years or so after that anyway.
what Putin or Hitler has to do with civilian genocide in 1945 in Asia?
Their genocides are in other places and times.
It is a question about an analogy in tactics, yes? that's possible isn't it, war crimes being perpetrated at different times in history but sharing the same criminal behaviour?
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