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Originally Posted by Dowly
Booooo @ the bombs!  |
Yup blood of innocents, on the hands of the Japanese militarists as well as an over-hasty US administration.
Yea, boo at Unit 731 and and the Death March of Battaan, boo at Katyn and Dresden as well as Aushwitz and Oradour-sur Glane.
I agree 100% with Skybird's post. I will say I think the brilliant (from a military standpoint) Soviet offensive in Manchuria had as much to do with the surrender as the bombs. I still feel a demonstration with the first bomb and a more clear communication on the status of the Emperor would have been worth trying.
Still nothing but sadness and horror at this event. Nothing to cheer, the end of the war yes of course, the victories at Midway, Stalingrad, Normandy yes ... but didn't the Duke of Wellington say "The only thing sadder than a bettle lost is a battle won?"
@ Dowly, Finland was one country that acquitted itself the best in WWII. Jews were safe in the Finnish army, Mannerheim was quite adamant about that. AFAIK, Leningrad was not bombed by the Finns either.