Reply #187: A few questions [View All]

[timbo]

You assert that: "both Hiroshima and Nagasaki were spared a lot of bombing during the war just so the effect of the bomb could be evaluated clearly without clouding up the results with the effects of the smaller bombs."

Do you have any documented support for this assertion? It was my understanding that the atomic bombs were developed in 1945, although some research obviously preceded the development of the bomb. If the bomb was not developed until 1945, it might be difficult to "save" Hiroshima and Nagasaki for testing of a not-yet-invented weapon.

You assert: "despite all the propaganda about how lives were saved because the Japanese would have kept on going until the last man died, there are lots of contradictory reports."

What documented and contemporaneous reports were in existance that indicated a willingness of the Japanese to surrender. Please note the word contemporaneous.

Thank you.

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