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johnny · 02-10-2004, 04:26 PM

This discussion can go either way. The americans knew that if they were to invade Japan, there were going to be ALOT of casualties on their side. The japanese wouldn't have surrendered that easily, that's just not their nature.

So from an American point of view it's totally justifiable. By dropping the big one on Hiroshima and nagasaki, and then threatening to drop one on Tokio, they killed a lot of Japanese civillians, but saved the lifes of possibly tens of thousands of GI's. Not a very tough decision if you ask me.

[ 02-10-2004, 04:28 PM: Message edited by: johnny ]

02-10-2004, 04:26 PM	#2
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	This discussion can go either way. The americans knew that if they were to invade Japan, there were going to be ALOT of casualties on their side. The japanese wouldn't have surrendered that easily, that's just not their nature. So from an American point of view it's totally justifiable. By dropping the big one on Hiroshima and nagasaki, and then threatening to drop one on Tokio, they killed a lot of Japanese civillians, but saved the lifes of possibly tens of thousands of GI's. Not a very tough decision if you ask me. [ 02-10-2004, 04:28 PM: Message edited by: johnny ] __________________