(BUFDRVR) wrote:
Venik wrote:

Thus, for every Japanese
soldier killed in the Hiroshima bombing there
was 97% of "collateral
damage." So, no, it was not the greatest strategic
air mission.

The judgement on whether a mission was a strategic
success is not based on
collateral damage. In *most* circumstances high
collateral damage will usually
translate to a strategic failure....but not
in this case.

The Soviet advances were the primary reason
for the fact that the Japs
were even considering a surrender.

Not according to interviews conducted with Japanese
civilian and military
leaders following WW II. Take a look at the
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey.

Same situation as with the Germans trying to
surrender
to the Americans and nobody nuked them.

Uhh..the first successful nuclear bomb testing
wasn't done until 16 July
1945....two months after Germany was defeated.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those
bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"
Remember Venik: The bomb was meant to be delivered on Germany. While it
was used against Japan, Germany was considered the first target up until
early '45.

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