Most military analysts feel that it would have taken months of hand to hand
fighting, from town to town, in Japan before they finally surrendered. With
such extended fighting, conventional bombing would have been necessary. The
death toll on both sides would have been higher than it was by dropping the
A-bomb.
It wasn't until the 2nd bomb at Nagasaki was dropped that the Emperor finally
came out of his garden and ordered the military government to lay down their
arms. Even after the first bomb, the militaristic culture which had taken over
Japan wanted to fight on until death. Of course, they probably didn't fully
understand what they were facing
An example of an alternative is the fire bombing of Dresden Germany. Most
people died from that than they did from the A-bombs. Yet, we decry the A-bomb
action more than we decry that.
Did anyone watch last night on some PBS stations, the LIVE broadcast of
exploring the recently found wreck of the USS Indianapolis, the heavy cruiser
which delivered the A-bomb components?
Doug/WA1TUT
From: "dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 12:06 PM
Subject: [sparkscoffee] Was it necessary to drop 2 nuke bombs on Japan to make
it unnecessary to do a costly invasion?
Everyone
1. The 1st nuke bomb was exploded in the USA as an experiment on a tower.
2. Nazi Germany had already surrendered unconditionally.
3. The USSR had already declared war on Japan as previously agreed.
4. Japan had lost most of their navy and was losing battles and retreating
everywhere.
5. Japan had informed the USA that she wanted to know what our surrender terms
were?
6. At that time Japan considered surrendering was disgraceful, they had
Kamikazi suicide pilots diving into our ships, our troops reported that
when cornered and out of ammo they would charge with only bayonets attached
to certain death and as a result we took very few prisoners, mostly wounded
or unconscious and even a slew of civilians committed suicide. I remember
seeing pictures of mothers clutching babies leaping off cliffs to their
deaths to escape rape and what other humiliation they thought they faced.
7. In the end they were granted one condition to surrender, that the Emperor
and his family would not be put on trial but Generals and other Officers
were for committing crimes and punished accordingly. The excuse given was
that the Emperor was considered some kind of God (to die for the Emperor was
to live forever) and it would be easier to rule Japan with him on our side.
8. In my opinion we delayed talking peace terms where we most likely would have
gotten the same peace terms as after dropping the bombs so as to impress
the world and intimidate the USSR.
Stan the humbly yours peace man
