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Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, RIP
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Chuck Gould" wrote in message oups.com... We had reduced Japanese naval power to the point where an effective blockade of the island nation would probably have inspired its surrender within a matter of weeks...likely without an invasion. rest snipped for brevity Monday morning quarterbacking is always easier than playing the game and we'll probably never know for sure, but there where many then and many today that believed Japan was close to using an A-bomb ... on *us*. If Truman hadn't authorized it and the war lasted just long enough for Japan to toss one on San Diego from a submarine, how would Truman be viewed today knowing that he could have ended the war before it happened? http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/jp-hung.htm Eisboch "were" not "where" damit. Eisboch |
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