J. Samuel Walker - Truman's Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and Its Legacy
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9 жыл бұрынAn OAH Distinguished Lecture by J. Samuel Walker, former historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
This lecture was presented at the National Archives at Kansas City in April 2015, sponsored by the Harry S Truman Center for Governmental Affairs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Truman Presidential Library and Museum.
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@hammerdown3876 6 жыл бұрын
very well done, unbiased analysis...
@cotswoldcuckoo775 6 жыл бұрын
Of course, Japan didn't realise the US didn't have another atom bomb immediately ready. And any invasion of Japan in November would have been preceded by the destruction of their crops and thus they would have no 1945 harvest, thus adding to the starvation of probably millions by the blockade. The fighting for the island chains made the US well aware of what the fighting would have been like, plus all civilians being urged to fight to the death.
@CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY 5 жыл бұрын
Yes...it was necessary. Japan would likely have suffered millions of deaths from famine alone...invasion or no invasion. Ridiculously easy to second guess decades later.
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