Anyone see "Oppenheimer" film?
07-28-2023, 03:58 PM
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What’s interesting is we did worse to Germany in the closing weeks of the war. The war was basically over. Every military target of value had been destroyed yet we continued to launch the 8th Air-force to firebomb every city we could find still standing. Killed thousands of woman and children.
07-28-2023, 04:15 PM
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What’s interesting is we did worse to Germany in the closing weeks of the war. The war was basically over. Every military target of value had been destroyed yet we continued to launch the 8th Air-force to firebomb every city we could find still standing. Killed thousands of woman and children.
07-29-2023, 08:40 AM
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07-29-2023, 08:49 AM
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August 6, the first bomb was dropped.
August 9, the second bomb was dropped. It made them believers it was not a one time device. The bombs were going to keep coming.
The Japanese were warned more were comngl The Emperor’s palace, in Tokyo, would be one of the targets. (The movie makes the point there were 11 targets on the list, all of which had military or war manufacturing significance.)
The third bomb was being readied. More were in process.
Most of the admirals and generals did not want to surrender.
August 15, within a week, the Emperor overruled them and accepted the terms of unconditional surrender. He was emotionally shocked. He said he could not bear the devastation on his people.
Those are the facts.
August 9, the second bomb was dropped. It made them believers it was not a one time device. The bombs were going to keep coming.
The Japanese were warned more were comngl The Emperor’s palace, in Tokyo, would be one of the targets. (The movie makes the point there were 11 targets on the list, all of which had military or war manufacturing significance.)
The third bomb was being readied. More were in process.
Most of the admirals and generals did not want to surrender.
August 15, within a week, the Emperor overruled them and accepted the terms of unconditional surrender. He was emotionally shocked. He said he could not bear the devastation on his people.
Those are the facts.
07-30-2023, 02:41 PM
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But yeah, the usual suspects that frequently post on any/all topics like they'e the be all/end all knowledge base of anything and everything discussed on APC. Auto fellating themselves under the banner/guise that they're the smartest guy ever.......
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But yeah, the usual suspects that frequently post on any/all topics like they'e the be all/end all knowledge base of anything and everything discussed on APC. Auto fellating themselves under the banner/guise that they're the smartest guy ever.......
07-30-2023, 04:42 PM
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Post 35;
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Post 39;
But yeah, the usual suspects that frequently post on any/all topics like they'e the be all/end all knowledge base of anything and everything discussed on APC. Auto fellating themselves under the banner/guise that they're the smartest guy ever.......
Post 36:
Post 39;
But yeah, the usual suspects that frequently post on any/all topics like they'e the be all/end all knowledge base of anything and everything discussed on APC. Auto fellating themselves under the banner/guise that they're the smartest guy ever.......
Naturally at 4000 posts in, you’d hope for better insight https://youtu.be/rXqWCeB8Vto
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