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That Works posted:Thanks for the rec, sounds like something I'd enjoy. ...lesser known info re: Operation Downfall....After the Hiroshima bombing and the absence of an immediate response from Japan, Tibbets had submitted a request for an additional 15 or 16 bombs directly to Truman. The request was approved prior to receiving Emp. Hirohito' s capitulation after the Nagasaki bombing, which had exhausted the supply of bombs on hand. The zinger was that radiation poisoning was not yet well understood. Had those additional bombs been used prior to or in support of the invasion, the one-million plus invasion force would have been exposed to potentially lethal doses of radiation along with the Japanese population. Hirohito called it quits when he realized that continued resistance would ultimately result in the extinction of the Japanese culture. His decision, while not universally popular with his countrymen, was fortunate for everyone.
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M_Gargantua posted:Ok you had me up until there. Long term nuclear fallout is bad, but rarely lethal. Would have been a lot more 1970's cancer deaths though. Fair enough...the jist of the comment was that the effects of radiation were not yet well understood. Thanks.
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Jimmy Smuts posted:I love the bull's expression, he's just like "so what, what's the big deal?" ...someone swiped enuf letters to make "Po-Po" ?
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