11th March 2004, 4:40 PM
Wow ABF, You need to get your facts straight.
The ONLY REASON the Japanese surrendered was because we nuked them. The leaders of their military forced the men of Japan to fight by threatening to kill their families. They were all prepared to literally fight to the last man. Yes, the number of human casualties was high, but they killed 75% of the POWs they captured, military and civilian. What we did was better for their country anyway, if almost all the men of Japan died in conflict, there would be very few true Japanese living today. And if we didn't use the bombs and invaded Japan like intended, then alot of Japan's natural history would have been destroyed, and there would be no guarantee they we would have won. The Allied soldiers of the pacific theatre where used to open-terrain fighting, not close-quarters city fighting. Japan and German cities where very different in the fact that Japan's cities are large and cramped, easily hiding millions of troops in buildings with civilians.
And before you reply to this, answer me this ABF: If you where fighting back then, and someone gave you the choice of dropping a bomb, or going in with your friends to fight without the nukes, would you go in and risk your life and possibly never see your family again (wife and kids), or would you want to go home and live out the rest of your days happily with your loved ones?
The ONLY REASON the Japanese surrendered was because we nuked them. The leaders of their military forced the men of Japan to fight by threatening to kill their families. They were all prepared to literally fight to the last man. Yes, the number of human casualties was high, but they killed 75% of the POWs they captured, military and civilian. What we did was better for their country anyway, if almost all the men of Japan died in conflict, there would be very few true Japanese living today. And if we didn't use the bombs and invaded Japan like intended, then alot of Japan's natural history would have been destroyed, and there would be no guarantee they we would have won. The Allied soldiers of the pacific theatre where used to open-terrain fighting, not close-quarters city fighting. Japan and German cities where very different in the fact that Japan's cities are large and cramped, easily hiding millions of troops in buildings with civilians.
And before you reply to this, answer me this ABF: If you where fighting back then, and someone gave you the choice of dropping a bomb, or going in with your friends to fight without the nukes, would you go in and risk your life and possibly never see your family again (wife and kids), or would you want to go home and live out the rest of your days happily with your loved ones?