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The Japs really screwed up on Okinawa. By that time it was a certain that the Japs were defeated. The dumbshits thought that if they fought to the last man and inflicted tremendous casualties on the Americans then we wouldn't insist on a unconditional surrender to stop the war.It seems likely that the atom bombs were also intended to save Japan from the utter destruction of a protracted siege by the allies. It is unlikely that the emperor would have continued to fight against such a siege. Thus, the bombs saved more Japanese lives than they took.
, Oppenheimer was a Fraud.
I suspect that communists wrote the script just to make America look like garbage.
One of the advantages of watching it at home. (Pee-pee breaks)Agree with this except that it was too long...I could watch Cillian Murphy all day.
That's why I can't watch it in a theatre. I need those breaks.One of the advantages of watching it at home. (Pee-pee breaks)
I'd like to see Napoleon on the big screen, but it's also close to three hoursThat's why I can't watch it in a theatre. I need those breaks.
Buy a big screen tv.I'd like to see Napoleon on the big screen, but it's also close to three hours
Guess they shouldn’t have started the warThey didn't have permission from the Emperor. They also believed that the Americans would cook and eat their babies.
I'd rather watch at home.I'd like to see Napoleon on the big screen, but it's also close to three hours
Admiral Nimitz and General Eisenhower agreed that they would surrender in the fall.So why didn’t they surrender?
The Japanese were responsible for when they surrendered.Admiral Nimitz and General Eisenhower agreed that they would surrender in the fall.
Why would we invade when their navy and air force no longer existed and they were no longer a threat.
Conventional bombing and naval bombardment did not move the Japanese one inch on Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, or Okinawa.The tragedy of the Bomb was that it was unnecessary. Japan was already defeated militarily. Conventional bombing and naval bombardment would have brought them to the deck of the Missouri with minimal risk to our military. The Bomb was dropped to satisfy our vengeance upon an enemy that we did consider less than human.
There is an active US naval destroyer named after those boys. USS The Sullivans (DDG-68). It is the second destroyer to carry that name.Not only was one bomb necessary, but it took two bombs to persuade the Japanese to stop killing Americans. That is how adamant the Japanese were about winning the war they started against us.
If you take pity on the loss of life, take pity on Alleta Sullivan.
She raised five strong, able boys that were her pride and joy. When the Navy Chaplin pulled up in front of her house, she asked which one was dead. His response was, "All of them." One was treading water when he was eaten by a shark. I don't know how she continued to exist with that image in her head.
Whatever it took to not have another American mother suffer the total destruction of her children at the hands of the Japanese, was well worth it. Well worth it...
2.5 hours in a theater. It will be 4.5 hours when Apple airs it in a few months.Buy a big screen tv.
US casualties battle of Leyte: 16,043 soldiers and 7,270 sailors were killed, 11,991 wounded.The tragedy of the Bomb was that it was unnecessary. Japan was already defeated militarily. Conventional bombing and naval bombardment would have brought them to the deck of the Missouri with minimal risk to our military. The Bomb was dropped to satisfy our vengeance upon an enemy that we did consider less than human.
Buy the DVD, pause it for bathroom breaks. Then sell it to someone else on Craig's List.2.5 hours in a theater. It will be 4.5 hours when Apple airs it in a few months.
No. That's with ground forces invasion. With complete air and naval superiority few lives would be lost in a siege strategy. See Japanese losses due to U.S. strategy of island hopping.US casualties battle of Leyte: 16,043 soldiers and 7,270 sailors were killed, 11,991 wounded.
Battle of Guadalcanal: 7,100 dead and almost 8,000 wounded. It took SEVEN MONTHS to capture Guadalcanal.
Battle of Luzon: 10,380 killed and 36,550 wounded.
Battle of Iwo Jima: 6,821 killed and 19,217 wounded
Battle of Okinawa: 12,520 killed and 36,631 wounded.
That's just five battles, almost 60,000 Americans killed and over 100,000 wounded.
That's with conventional bombing and naval bombardment.
We needed to occupy those islands as staging areas for the invasion of Japan. We needed to destroy Japan, not invade it. We bypassed and isolated heavily defended islands, "island hopping", that were not necessary as stepping stones. Ten of thousands of Japanese soldiers died of disease and starvation without the loss of a single American.Conventional bombing and naval bombardment did not move the Japanese one inch on Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, or Okinawa.
You are seriously deluded if you think conventional weapons would have brought the Japanese to surrender without a further massive loss of American lives.
