A WWI artillery officer knowing the horrors of war with the decision of using an atomic weapon to end another. Probably the best foundation for a man in that very seat at that moment.
Bad decision if you read some of the scholars...since that war was winding down with almost all Japanese cities burned up in the b29 fire raids and peace feelers informally coming from the Japanese.
@@RobertJamesChinneryH Giangreco makes a compelling argument that the atomic bombs were more than justified. The Japanese government was firmly in the grasp of the militarist officers who were planning a very costly resistance. Estimated casualties based on the experiences at Okinawa and Saipan were enormous. Estimates of American deaths in the upcoming Operation Downfall were 800,000 to 900,000 men. The Japanese estimates of their own dead reached into the tens of millions.
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A WWI artillery officer knowing the horrors of war with the decision of using an atomic weapon to end another. Probably the best foundation for a man in that very seat at that moment.
Bad decision if you read some of the scholars...since that war was winding down with almost all Japanese cities burned up in the b29 fire raids and peace feelers informally coming from the Japanese.
@@RobertJamesChinneryH Giangreco makes a compelling argument that the atomic bombs were more than justified. The Japanese government was firmly in the grasp of the militarist officers who were planning a very costly resistance. Estimated casualties based on the experiences at Okinawa and Saipan were enormous. Estimates of American deaths in the upcoming Operation Downfall were 800,000 to 900,000 men. The Japanese estimates of their own dead reached into the tens of millions.
@@RobertJamesChinneryH My dad was training for the invasion. Very easy for you to say since your family wasn't in it