"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message
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Venik wrote in message
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so,
like, read a book, man, or something.

Please feel free to suggest one or more specific titles where we
can read that:


Arnold and LeMay did not favor using the A-bomb against Japan.

Not quite

Curtis LeMay believed it was unnecessary because the conventional
B-29 fire raids were every bit as deadly and would have destroyed every
major Japanese population center by October. Hap Arnold
supported him in this view.

This course of action would have killed many more Japanese
than died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, indeed both those
cities would have been among the target list for destruction



A number of other US commanders did not support
the use of the A-bomb against Japan: Bradley, Strauss, King, Leahy,
Arnold.


Neither Admiral King for Fleet Admiral Leahy dissented with regard
to the use of the bomb . Both however had grave misgivings about
invasion and argued for a continued blockade which would
of course cause mass starvation in Japan as the harvest there
was the worst for 40 years.

Would starving millions of Japanese be better than what happened ?





Again, can you show that the US gave Japan any guarantees as to the
Emperor's safety befor they agreed to surender? Such a guarantee
may have been in the formal terms of surrender, but the question
is, was such a guarantee communicated to the Japanese befor
the actual surrender negotiations?

You must be joking.

No, I refer to the negotiations that took place after the Japanese
announced their surrender and befor the signing of the formal
surrender document onboard the USS MIssouri.


There were no negotistions, the Emperor gave his
decision to accept the terms outlined at Potsdam.
The Allies decided it was best to retain the Emperor
as a figurehead to minimise post war resistance.

MacArthur: "Didn't you two clowns get the memo I sent out this
morning?"

Seems I didn't get it either.


Nonsense. While Truman may have given some consideration to what
territory the Soviets might have gained had the war continued for
another year or more there is no reason to believe he did not give
more consideration to American, Chinese, and even Japanese casualties
to be expected from a continuation of the war.

Yes, he was a gentle and caring person this Truman. They say he even
lost his appetite for a few days after nuking tens of thousands of
civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

They also say that he was dead set against using Nuclear weapons in
Korea and that was at the heart of his disagreement with MacArthur
who had requested '20 or 30' atomic bombs to be used gainst major
Chinese cities.


Quite so, the great 'anti nuke' Douggie was quite happy
to scatter em like confetti if he was in charge.

Keith