Current Events > 75 years since Hiroshima got nuked

(+) Yeah! (+)

Always remember.

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P fd up

Ah yes, the end to WWII. Good times.

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Hopefully we never see another city destroyed in an instant again.


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CloneTheHero posted...

never understood why they didnt drop that nuke on hitlers head? too well protected?

He had been dead for over 3 months when they dropped the nuke.

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CloneTheHero posted...

damn. so the japanese were still fighting even tho their allies had stopped? lol. buncha numbnuts.

Japan was prepared to fight to the end despite having already lost

That's why the US dropped the nukes, to stop Russia taking over Japan and becoming even more powerful.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Japan was prepared to fight to the end despite having already lost

The land invasion was going to be a mess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall

Nearly 500,000 Purple Heart medals (awarded for combat casualties) were manufactured in anticipation of the casualties resulting from the invasion of Japan; the number exceeded that of all American military casualties of the 65 years following the end of World War II, including the Korean and Vietnam Wars. In 2003, there were still 120,000 of these Purple Heart medals in stock. There were so many left that combat units in Iraq and Afghanistan were able to keep Purple Hearts on hand for immediate award to soldiers wounded in the field.

The combination of the horror of the battle of Okinawa and impending Russian invasion made the decision for Truman.

Questionmarktarius posted...

The land invasion was going to be a mess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall

You're not wrong but you're a liar if you think the US dropped nukes to protect soldiers and not out of fear of Russia.

The US has never valued Soldiers lives. It values political interests.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

The US has never valued Soldiers lives. It values political interests.

You can't pursue political interests when all your soldiers are dead.

Questionmarktarius posted...

You can't pursue political interests when all your soldiers are dead.

lol

He says while literally talking about Russia in WW2.

Yes you absolutely can. Soldiers are expendable to governments, always have been. And they still are right now.

If you think Donald Trump cares about the lives of Soldiers then I don't know what to tell you.
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always remember truman to his dying days was a racist that saw minorties as lesser beings. called blacks the n word, called jews the k word. despite all opposition, he dropped the bombs.

almost seems like genocide.


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75 years since we dropped our throbbing payload inside of Japan and impregnated them with a full blown case of the crazies.

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Heart-Mk-II posted...

and impregnated them with a full blown case of the crazies

Naughty tentacle monsters existed long before the US irradiated the place twice.

i saw pictures of the aftermath and how all the radiation just fucked up the people living there. holy shit ill never forget it.

fuck nuclear weapons. einstein go fuck yourself in hell.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

Naughty tentacle monsters existed long before the US irradiated the place twice.

Yeah but it was subdued and reserved. Now it gets much, much worse than simple tentacle erotica.

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Don't start none.
Won't be none.

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Yup. They shouldn't have Pearl Harbor us

Strategically it was a good decision. But ethically and morally? That's what is up for debate.

And on my birthday :(

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DD Divine posted...

And on my birthday :(

My sons birthday is Pearl Harbor day. You two are destined to fight.

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RIPVyseCity posted...

Yup. They shouldn't have Pearl Harbor us

I heard that they had planned to walk in on some embassy and declare war at the same time as the attack started, showing how effective they were, but timezones made them get there one hour after the attack.

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It was basically like killing a terrorists family in front of them to get them to talk from that unthinkable movie. Perhaps a necessary evil for the time but still evil.

Foppe posted...

I heard that they had planned to walk in on some embassy and declare war at the same time as the attack started, showing how effective they were, but timezones made them get there one hour after the attack.

Morons lmao

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Never understood why people tend to forget that the Japanese during WW2 were just as bad as Hitler.

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Foppe posted...

I heard that they had planned to walk in on some embassy and declare war at the same time as the attack started, showing how effective they were, but timezones made them get there one hour after the attack.

It was more that there was an international law that an attack before a declaration of war was considered a war crime.

I read in an article today that Japan didn't surrender because of the nukes, but because the soviet union declared war on them 3 days after they got nuked. About 66 of their cities, including Tokyo had already been flattened by American conventional bombings, resulting in far more deaths than the nukes did. The Japanese did not fear the bomb, they feared Soviet oppression and used this "unprecedented technological advancement" the americans had as an excuse to surrender thus letting the emperor save face.
Idk if any of this is accurate though.

bump

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little over 83 years since japan invaded china and raped/slaughtered 6million+ people.

always remember...

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Maybe the U.S. should have used a few more small nukes for the wars since then if it would have saved more lives vs. the amount that have died. Its only logical.

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God I had this history teacher in the 9th grade who used to make fun of kids who were against the bombing. Fuck Indiana.

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I went to the museum in Hiroshima last year. It was fucking grueling.

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USA gets way too much of a pass for this
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