How the Hiroshima bombing is taught around the world

Re:How the Hiroshima bombing is taught around the world by will_brown on Thursday August 06, 2015 @04:54PM (#10019384)

Very surprised that there was no statements/discussion from the Chinese perspective, as the Chinese probably suffered more attrocities at the hands of the Japanese than any other country during WW2.

What surprised me most in school (and same with this article) is how much focus there is on the atomic bombs, when aside from the significance of the decision itself, the destruction/lose of life is eclipsed by US firebombings. Here is a website with nicely compiled/displayed statistics of the 67 Japanese cities the US firebombed and the resulting destruction: http://www.ditext.com/japan/napalm.html

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Re:How the Hiroshima bombing is taught around the world by scott_s on Thursday August 06, 2015 @05:40PM (#10019647)

Fog of War, the documentary that inspired this page, is amazing. If you have an interest in history, and how powerful people make decisions, I recommend watching it. It's rare to see someone who once held an office of significant power be so frank in what they did wrong.

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Re:How the Hiroshima bombing is taught around the world by comrh on Thursday August 06, 2015 @05:34PM (#10019621)

Wow thanks for that link. It is really begging for a visualization with the US city comparisons.

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Re:How the Hiroshima bombing is taught around the world by dominotw on Thursday August 06, 2015 @05:26PM (#10019569)

Dan Carlin has a wonderful analysis on this topic in his podcast.

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