63 years ago today...

[BoatBuoy]

... the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima directly killing an estimated 80,000 people, in an effort to end the war with Japan. It worked. Just thought it needed a mention. (Source:Wikepedia)

 

[Tyme2fish]

Re: 63 years ago today...

And how many millions lived because the war was ended sooner??

 

[Limited-Time]

Re: 63 years ago today...

That was the point of dropping it........................from all I've read.

 

[kenimpzoom]

Re: 63 years ago today...

It was a horrible day that I hope we never have to repete.

I would like to say more, but ya know how they feel about politics here.

Ken

 

[bekosh]

Re: 63 years ago today...

It was a horrible day that I hope we never have to repete.

I agree, a horrible day. But it was still better than the alternatives.

 

[QC]

Re: 63 years ago today...

Yeah, I think it has been pretty much agreed that it saved lives, both Japanese and American. Since it was top secret of course there had not been debate about the horrors of nuclear war. It was not as if these decisions were made in the same context as we review them today . . .