When The Bombing of Hiroshima is mentioned,
I can't help but feel very sad. Sad to the point where I can't explain enough. It's already devestating enough to think about... All those people, blown to smithereens...
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Emarky · 31-35, M
The decision to do such of thing must have been hard
Bumbles · 51-55, M
@Emarky The decision not to do such a thing would have been nearly impossible for Truman who had been in the office for a very short period of time and was dealing with FDR's tremendous shadow. After the Japanese defense of Okinawa an invasion of the Japanese homeland would have caused tens of thousands of American casualties. Given the destruction of so many Japanese cities already, it was actually closer to a no-brainer.