Greatest Strategic Air Missions

Venik wrote in message ...
so,
like, read a book, man, or something.

Please feel free to suggest one or more specific titles where we
can read that:


Arnold and LeMay did not favor using the A-bomb against Japan.
A number of other US commanders did not support
the use of the A-bomb against Japan: Bradley, Strauss, King, Leahy,
Arnold.




Again, can you show that the US gave Japan any guarantees as to the
Emperor's safety befor they agreed to surender? Such a guarantee
may have been in the formal terms of surrender, but the question
is, was such a guarantee communicated to the Japanese befor
the actual surrender negotiations?

You must be joking.

No, I refer to the negotiations that took place after the Japanese
announced their surrender and befor the signing of the formal
surrender document onboard the USS MIssouri.

MacArthur: "Didn't you two clowns get the memo I sent out this
morning?"

Seems I didn't get it either.


Nonsense. While Truman may have given some consideration to what
territory the Soviets might have gained had the war continued for
another year or more there is no reason to believe he did not give
more consideration to American, Chinese, and even Japanese casualties
to be expected from a continuation of the war.

Yes, he was a gentle and caring person this Truman. They say he even
lost his appetite for a few days after nuking tens of thousands of
civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

They also say that he was dead set against using Nuclear weapons in
Korea and that was at the heart of his disagreement with MacArthur
who had requested '20 or 30' atomic bombs to be used gainst major
Chinese cities.

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FF