Lecture from the Man Who Dropped Both Atomic Bombs

Re:Lecture from the Man Who Dropped Both Atomic Bombs by comrh on Thursday August 27, 2015 @09:34AM (#10129228)

Which was traded for Japanese civilians though, no?

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Re:Lecture from the Man Who Dropped Both Atomic Bombs by davidjeet on Thursday August 27, 2015 @09:48AM (#10129313)

By most approximations, there were about 200,000 causalities from the bombs and their aftermath.

That said, had the bombs not been dropped, estimates ran into the millions for Allied casualties and tens of millions for Japanese (civilian + soldiers) casualties.

Ultimately it boils down to an issue of numbers (achieved by expediency).

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Re:Lecture from the Man Who Dropped Both Atomic Bombs by comrh on Thursday August 27, 2015 @10:03AM (#10129421)

True, if you assume it was only between dropping the bombs or full scale invasion though. In the end we'll never know I guess.

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Re:Lecture from the Man Who Dropped Both Atomic Bombs by talmand on Thursday August 27, 2015 @10:13AM (#10129488)

Exactly. All this "we can predict a future that never happened" bothers me.

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Re:Lecture from the Man Who Dropped Both Atomic Bombs by belenos46 on Thursday August 27, 2015 @09:40AM (#10129260)

Definitely. In general, though -all other things being equal- if I have to decide who dies, I will decide they won't be people fighting on my side.

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