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>"but they were continuously getting leaflets dropped on them by the Americans telling them their cities were going be bombed" "But there was never any specifi
by FpUser 3y ago
>"but they were continuously getting leaflets dropped on them by the Americans telling them their cities were going be bombed"
"But there was never any specific warning to the cities that had been chosen as targets for the atomic bomb prior to the weapon’s first use. The omission was deliberate: The United States feared that the Japanese, being forewarned, would shoot down the planes carrying the bombs. And since Japanese cities were already being destroyed by incendiary and high-explosive bombs on a regular basis — nearly 100,000 people were killed the previous March in the firebombing of Tokyo — there was no reason to believe that either the Potsdam Declaration or Truman’s speech would receive special notice" -[0]
[0] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-atomic-bomb/2015/07/31/32dbc15c-3620-11e5-b673-1df005a0fb28_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the...
- dralley 3y agoAll that means is they warned more cities than they needed to.
- FpUser 3y agoI am curious why weasels take people for an imbeciles?
- hef19898 3y agoBy all definitions, including papers written by both, RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF at the time, deliberate bombing of enemy cities and civilians was a) a crime and b) didn't produce a meaningful effect on enemy moral or warfighting capabilities.
- thehappypm 3y agoAre you arguing hiroshima and nagasaki did not impact the Japanese warfighting capabilities?
- hef19898 3y agoYes, strategic bombing had no meaningful impact, not on Germany nor on Japan. Or Britain. By the time the nukes dropped, Japan had already lost everything they needed to continue fighting: ships, raw materials, supply lines, trained soldiers. Same for Germany, except the nukes.