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1. In hind sight, it was wrong. It opened a Pandora's box problems.

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On this date in 1945 [View all] Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2022 OP

In hind sight, it was wrong. It opened a Pandora's box problems. marble falls Aug 2022 #1

We were not the only ones developing this bomb. Actually I shudder to think what vicious Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #5

Stalin did have the bomb. Wednesdays Aug 2022 #17

My father was in the Navy at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. TexasTowelie Aug 2022 #2

Same here my friend HAB911 Aug 2022 #6

Thank the stars you are here. William769 Aug 2022 #34

I think the A-bomb was inevitable in 1945 Vogon_Glory Aug 2022 #3

I have always wondered about that. But I do believe in the end it probably saved lives...definitely Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #4

Japan would not surrender, that was the problem. fightforfreedom Aug 2022 #7

They were training PRE-schoolers to fight Leith Aug 2022 #12

What you say is true, Leith Hekate Aug 2022 #35

Stories of Japanese child survivors of the Battle of Okinawa are tragic, how many children blew betsuni Aug 2022 #37

The Big Bang lastlib Aug 2022 #8

Yes, America Did the Right Thing. Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor. Started a World War.. Stuart G Aug 2022 #9

The U.S.A. was never going to invade the Japanese homeland. hunter Aug 2022 #10

This will always be debated but I have to admit that we did not value Japanese lives above non-Asian CTyankee Aug 2022 #11

It does make one wonder... hunter Aug 2022 #14

There was a plan to bomb Hamburg Javaman Aug 2022 #18

Very likely we would have. Nazi Germany was hard at work on its own nuclear project. nt Hekate Aug 2022 #40

Read up on operation downfall before you make statements like that Javaman Aug 2022 #16

It's all hypothetical. hunter Aug 2022 #23

It's documented that the dept of war ( at the time) Javaman Aug 2022 #31

I'm well read on this subject. I simply have a different take on history. hunter Aug 2022 #32

Ah time for DU's 22nd annual debate over the events of August 1945 BannonsLiver Aug 2022 #13

There are interesting ethical questions here... hunter Aug 2022 #20

Of course and those discussions are worthwhile. BannonsLiver Aug 2022 #30

Yep. Last year somebody claimed that the US govt suppressed evidence of the results... Hekate Aug 2022 #36

It must be a different revisionist obsession du jour every year. BannonsLiver Aug 2022 #43

That's quite possible, altho some of the same people show up every year with the same rant... Hekate Aug 2022 #44

Sorry, duplicate Hekate Aug 2022 #45

We would have used them again and and if needed Javaman Aug 2022 #15

I had relatives serving in the war in the Pacific. harumph Aug 2022 #19

Japan did lots of horrible things in the war Calculating Aug 2022 #21

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Let Us Be Clear About What 'Blockade' Is In This Context, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2022 #42

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If history went down that path sarisataka Aug 2022 #27

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In the long run it may have been good sarisataka Aug 2022 #47

I'd be curious what a consensus of modern Japanese historians think about this Silent3 Aug 2022 #22

My understanding is that their version of the Greater East Asia War differs from our version of... Hekate Aug 2022 #38

+1 betsuni Aug 2022 #39

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8 days after I was born. MineralMan Aug 2022 #29

They were the ones who decided to wake the sleeping giant, and they did it in a cowardly way. William769 Aug 2022 #33

The snag is anamnua Aug 2022 #41