To Americans and most of the world 75 years ago, each day in early August 1945 that the Japanese war machine continued its work meant that thousands of Asian civilians and Allied soldiers would die.Read more here.
In the terrible arithmetic of World War II, the idea that such a nightmare might end in a day or two was seen as saving millions of lives rather than gratuitously incinerating tens of thousands.
It was in that bleak context that Harry Truman dropped the two bombs — opting for a terrible choice among even worse alternatives.
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Thursday, August 06, 2020
What were Truman's choices 75 years ago this week?
In PJ Media, Victor Davis Hanson writes about the bombs dropped on Japan 75 years ago.
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