Remembering Hiroshima: Exploring the Horrors of War and the Urgent Call for Nuclear Disarmament
Discover the hauntingly preserved A-bomb dome and delve into the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Uncover the events leading up to the devastating bombing and gain insight into the human cost of nuclear warfare. Join us in remembering the past and advocating for a future free from nuclear weapons. #HiroshimaMemorial #NuclearDisarmament #WarRemembrance #HistoricalSite #PeaceAdvocacy #WorldWar2History #MuseumExploration #NuclearWeapons #RememberingThePast #JapanTravel
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And you do realize the only thing that this reminds people of and the lesson it teaches is quite simply don’t start nothing, won’t be nothing. Japan was not going to stop fighting in the war unless something drastic was done and I sorry all those people died absolutely, but this is a country who sent suicide bombers, and if they were in fear of being dishonored would kill themselves. I have no sympathy, and I do not believe we need nuclear disarmament.
The "Fucked around and found out" museum.
The Japanese killed their own injured soldiers on the battlefield because injured soldiers looked weak They were not going to back down to American soldiers They would of fought to the last man
Is there a museum pointing out the horrors of the Japanese? To the millions of non-combatents mercilessly killed by them. Maybe there is, I don't know.
I don't have any ill feelings towards the Japanese, but they were far from innocent.
Maybe don’t F with America.
The bomb saved lives. Japan NEVER intended to surrender. The war would have gone on for years with a death toll in the tens of millions.
But, we know how to make more so disarmament isn't possible
One thing I think you should look into is operation downfall, and it’s component operation coronet, which was the other option if they didn’t use the nukes. We would basically invade the home Islands of Japan. Keep in mind that some rather Grim reading so you might want to do so with a drink because well I’ll share some quotes:
1. American Casualties:
– Secretary of War Henry Stimson noted, "over a million casualties on the American side alone" for the entire Operation Downfall, with Operation Cornet expected to be a significant part of this total (Stimson, "Diary and Papers," 1945).
– General Douglas MacArthur specifically estimated up to 105,000 American casualties for Operation Cornet alone (MacArthur, Military Estimates, 1945).
2. Japanese Casualties:
– The estimates were broader, but intense resistance was expected to cause up to several million Japanese casualties, including military and civilians, as the entire nation was mobilized for defense (Analysis based on strategic plans, 1945).
3. Historical Context and Further American Estimates:
– Historian Richard B. Frank suggested that American casualties for the entire Operation Downfall could range between 1.7 and 4 million, including 400,000 to 800,000 fatalities. These figures are inclusive of both phases: Operation Olympic and Operation Cornet (Frank, "Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire," 1999).
So as you can see while the after effects of bombing was bad the other option was so much worse. And then there’s a third option, which is even worse, which is basically which would be to blockade them and starve them out.… Yeah, I don’t even want to think about the casualty estimates for that one.
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