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Very surprised that there was no statements/discussion from the Chinese perspective, as the Chinese probably suffered more attrocities at the hands of the Japan
by will_brown 11y ago
Very surprised that there was no statements/discussion from the Chinese perspective, as the Chinese probably suffered more attrocities at the hands of the Japanese than any other country during WW2.
What surprised me most in school (and same with this article) is how much focus there is on the atomic bombs, when aside from the significance of the decision itself, the destruction/lose of life is eclipsed by US firebombings. Here is a website with nicely compiled/displayed statistics of the 67 Japanese cities the US firebombed and the resulting destruction: http://www.ditext.com/japan/napalm.html http://www.ditext.com/japan/napalm.html
- dominotw 11y agoDan Carlin has a wonderful analysis on this topic in his podcast.
- comrh 11y agoWow thanks for that link. It is really begging for a visualization with the US city comparisons.
- scott_s 11y agoFog of War, the documentary that inspired this page, is amazing. If you have an interest in history, and how powerful people make decisions, I recommend watching it. It's rare to see someone who once held an office of significant power be so frank in what they did wrong.