Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 4/2/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hogpc!houxe!drutx!qwerty From: qwerty@drutx.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics Subject: History Corrected - WWII (Amir read this) Message-ID: <1171@drutx.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 09:43:01 EDT Article-I.D.: drutx.1171 Posted: Wed Sep 26 09:43:01 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 06:05:29 EDT References: <479@tty3b.UUCP> <1731@sdcc6.UUCP>, <5971@mcvax.UUCP>, <1380@qubix.UUCP> <246@digi-g.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 22 The United States used the atomic bomb twice in World War II, both times on Japanese cities. We did not bomb Japan into submission. We forced them to surrender. The reason Japan was attacked was a spot in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor. The Japanese, without formal declaration of war, pretty well wiped it out in a surprise attack. This brought about the United States' entry into WWII. Japan was an enemy, and wars end when one side or the other can negotiate peace at terms favorable to them. The estimates of potential loss of life in an invasion of Japan were more than 1,000,000 allied soldiers, with probably greater losses by the Japanese. All in all, the speedy conclusion of the war via the bomb probably seemd like an equitable trade to the people that had to make the decision. Japan surrendered. Notice that Japan is not a part of the United States, nor is it a puppet government reporting to the United States. Nor are countries such as France, Spain, West Germany, etc. etc. Notice that the countries liberated by the USSR in WWII, such as Poland, East Germany, etc also enjoy the same freedom of self-determination :-).