Re:Hiroshima (1946)
by Findecanor on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @02:30AM
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> - Drop the first bomb in the ocean in front of an envoy of observers and give Japan a week to deliberate their response
Seventy scientists on the Manhattan Project signed a petition [0] to president Truman about doing something like that before actually using the bomb, but the petition was intercepted and Truman didn't even hear about it in time.
Seventy scientists on the Manhattan Project signed a petition [0] to president Truman about doing something like that before actually using the bomb, but the petition was intercepted and Truman didn't even hear about it in time.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szil%C3%A1rd_petition