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Friday, August 5, 2011
The Hiroshima Myth We all grew up learning that the decision to drop bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a tough one, but that it saved lives of hundreds of thousands of American GIs who would have had to conduct a bloody invasion of Japan if we had not forced a surrender with a show of terrifying power. The truth is that 3 months earlier, Japan had already sent feelers that they wanted to surrender, on just the terms that were finally granted.
Friday, August 5, 2011The Hiroshima Myth We all grew up learning that the decision to drop bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a tough one, but that it saved lives of hundreds of thousands of American GIs who would have had to conduct a bloody invasion of Japan if we had not forced a surrender with a show of terrifying power. The truth is that 3 months earlier, Japan had already sent feelers that they wanted to surrender, on just the terms that were finally granted.
