Deb, It was a show of might. It would have had the same effect if the devices were detonated off the coast of Japan as a demonstration without the loss of many thousands of lives.

The rational for the use of the bomb was that after the loss of life at Okinawa in all the military both American and Japanese as well as the suicides of the local population in fear of the Americans , the Japanese would have defended their home islands to the last man and the cost in human life's would have been in the millions and the war could have draged out for another 5 years, then throw in the reality that the new weapon needed field testing

..... throw in the reality that the new weapon needed field testing

 

 

Pretty close to the mark I would think.
😞

 

You also have to remember how close Germany was to developing the bomb if they had got there before they were defeated the world would be a very different places do had Browne and ofenhymer been caught by the Russians and not the yanks how different would the world be today

Kroutenburger instead of Big Mac?

"Kroutenburger instead of Big Mac?"

Your finally starting to get it now....... I'd rather eat a Big Mac!

And please don't try to teach me about American history. You look at "The Bomb" and that's all you see..... One sided... Period! Ok go back to google.... 😉

The biggest factor still lies in the fact that that America entered the war at a late stage and did not have a large well trained military force with combat experience so they relied very heavily on bieng able to throw wave after wave of troops at a battle and overwhelm their opposition with numbers , it wasn't till late in the war that technology and training was upto speed so the loss of life in taking Japan would have crippled America both financially and would have effectively wiped out a generation of young men

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

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@kilroy_is_here wrote:
Well what do you know the spelling and grammar card the sign of a lazy person who thinks they are of superiorintelangence but unable to prove it

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Spelling, grammar and comprehension irritates some people when it is wrong...........................does it make a difference when people correct it politely? or not?

 

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do you do that in real life? -

lets say you are invited to a morning

tea with friends and friends of friends.

discussing current events or whatever.

 

there is a person who keeps mispronouncing

their words like aksk  instead of ask or

of instead of have etc.   do you point them out

and correct them?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I correct my children if need be, my sister, my nieces, my grandchildren, my nephews........................... we often have conversations about spelling etc, signs that are incorrect and should be changed,  at a social gathering of other people, I wouldn't correct anyone, although it would grate on me to listen to it.

I like to ask if I have a word correct.. or not. I have often asked in here about words that sound the same but are not spelled the same...........

also, the use of spelled and spelt.

LD, I was actually asking Kilroy, using his manner of speaking as the quote................... because I was interested in his thoughts about it. His post was not exactly polite to the poster he was speaking about.

No bullying, nothing negative, despite your good try.

I know about his dyslexia because he told me some years ago but I had forgotten over time.

How is "hmmm white or wholemeal " anything but a joke at my expense

Didn't you post recently you don't care if people point out your spelling/grammar mistakes? Now you are playing the opposite card  to that and showing offense.