Post: What the United States should have done, to Japan. If a bomb had to have been dropped
04-28-2011, 11:21 PM #1
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I personally feel sorrow for the Japanese civilizans at the end of World War II seeing as they weren't the bad guys in the war. Instead in my opinion if a bomb had to have been dropped, hit a military base first so it wouldn't have killed so many people, and also if the Japanese didn't surrender then drop the bomb on Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
90,000–166,000 killed in Hiroshima
60,000–80,000 killed in Nagasaki
The United States even gave Japan a few extra days to surrender, and they didn't listen so they dropped it on August 6th a day that the U.S changed to because of clouds perventing them from dropping it on the scheduled day. As many of you may know when Japanese children are born they are taught to never give up, I respect that. That's what hurt them at the end of WW2 they could have surrenderd but had to much pride in their country. Do you guys think the United States should have bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bombed a military base first and if they didn't surrender then attack civilians or just not even bombed them to keep WW2 going so more lives would have been lost?

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04-29-2011, 04:45 AM #38
+tA. Rick
Former Staff
Originally posted by xXMerkCampinXx View Post
There are no sides in war. No good guys or bad guys. Just violence.


Wrong.
Spontaneous violence just doesn't occur on a natural basis.
Japan aimed to dominate all of Asia (ever heard of the the rape of nanjing?), while Hitler was on the road towards world domination (he had broken the peace treaty).
The allies had fought back in retaliation.
04-29-2011, 04:56 AM #39
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At least I can fight
Japanese invasion of China

In July 1937, Japan captured the former Chinese imperial capital of Beiping after instigating the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which culminated in the Japanese campaign to invade all of China. The Soviets quickly signed a non-aggression pact with China to lend materiel support, effectively ending China's prior cooperation with Germany. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek deployed his best army to defend Shanghai, but after three months of fighting, Shanghai fell. The Japanese continued to push the Chinese forces back, capturing the capital Nanjing in December 1937 and committed the Nanking Massacre.

In June 1938, Chinese forces stalled the Japanese advance by flooding the Yellow River; although this manoeuvre bought time for the Chinese to prepare their defences at Wuhan, the city was taken by October. Japanese military victories, however, did not bring about the collapse of Chinese resistance that Japan had hoped to achieve, instead the Chinese government relocated inland to Chongqing to continue their resistance.

Japanese invasion of the Soviet Union and Mongolia

On 29 July 1938, the Japanese invaded the USSR and were checked at the Battle of Lake Khasan. Although the battle was a Soviet victory, the Japanese dismissed it as an inconclusive draw, and on 11 May 1939 decided to move the Japanese-Mongolian border up to the Khalkhin Gol River by force. After initial successes the Japanese assault on Mongolia was checked by the Red Army that inflicted the first major defeat on the Japanese Kwantung Army.

These clashes convinced some factions in the Japanese government that they should focus on conciliating the Soviet government to avoid interference in the war against China and instead turn their military attention southward, towards the US and European holdings in the Pacific, and also prevented the sacking of experienced Soviet military leaders such as Georgy Zhukov, who would later play a vital role in the defence of Moscow.

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04-29-2011, 06:04 AM #40
Gaia
Former Staff
In War, there's no bad or good side, both soldiers have their point for fighting their war, for freedom, for soil or to fight for their country. Everyone has the same point of view for war, they'll neither come home shellshocked or depressed.
    Shellshock : Combat stress reaction, in the past commonly known as shell shock or  battle fatigue, is a military term used to categorize a range of  behaviours resulting from the stress of battle which decrease the  combatant's fighting efficiency. ...
04-29-2011, 06:40 AM #41
TehDogman
Little One
I'm surprised people haven't mentioned Operation: Downfall and what would have happened if the bombs hadn't been dropped which was basically an all out invasion of japan which would have been the worst campaign in history. If you want to read about Operation Downfall here's a link You must login or register to view this content.
04-29-2011, 11:25 AM #42
My Hate
At least I can fight
Originally posted by tA.
Wrong.
Spontaneous violence just doesn't occur on a natural basis.
Japan aimed to dominate all of Asia (ever heard of the the rape of nanjing?), while Hitler was on the road towards world domination (he had broken the peace treaty).
The allies had fought back in retaliation.


And yet we accomplished nothing from the wars.
04-29-2011, 12:29 PM #43
the good guys and bad guys are always determined by the winner, and japan probbaly wouldent have surrendered due to their honour beliefs


a cowerdly act started the war between the U.S and Japan, and a cowerdly act finished the war between them
04-29-2011, 02:01 PM #44
Aspire.
The future is in your hands
I saw a video of when japan got blown over by the bomb
04-29-2011, 02:21 PM #45
Matteram
Are you high?
If we didnt bomb them then they would have bombed the shit out of us
04-29-2011, 04:39 PM #46
Dopey
NGU :/
You need to read more about the history of this Not Happy or Sad

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