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Posted by: max98oi 2 years, 5 months agoPhotos of the aftermath of the bombings were censored by the American occupation forces because they prohibited any thing "that might, directly or by inference, disturb public tranquility". The pictures remained classified 'top secret' for many years. This is the horror they didn't want us to see, and that we must NEVER forget.
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Shankari25
June 10, 2007, 12:55 a.m.It is difficult to get these photos in the US. Thanks for the post.
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quicksilver0602
June 10, 2007, 10:07 a.m.I hope everyone looks at these; whilst very graphic, a worthwhile reminder.
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Bkumm
June 10, 2007, 11:12 a.m.While we must never, ever, ever, forget the destruction caused by the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we must also remember that the Allied bombing of civilian targets caused death and destruction among the Axis population on a scale never imagined. The Germans bombed London for nearly four years, with rockets and bombers and killed an estimated 60,000 people. Now, that is a terrible thing. However, Allied air attacks on German cities may have caused as many as 500,000 civilian casualties. That is a huge number and in the opinion of many historians (including myself) it had zero impact on the war effort.
Japanese civilian deaths were even higher, counting the 140,000 or so that died in the atomic bombings around 650,000 people.
So, that Allied bombing campaign killed AT LEAST 1.15 million Axis civilians.
Just perspective, I'm not an apologist for the Nazis or Japanese, but we must put things in perspective.
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quicksilver0602
June 10, 2007, 11:46 a.m.I want mean I want people to see it more along the lines of "this is nuclear destruction," it can't be taken back.
Regardless, excellent points sen-sei ;)
~Grasshopper
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BronxBomber
June 10, 2007, 1:35 p.m.It was an evil of course. It's just too bad that this device had to be a necessary evil. I wish it was never invented.
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Ciera-Marie
June 10, 2007, 2:05 p.m.He photos are powerful and serve as a reminder the importance of photography. Very powerful.
It's also a reminder of what we're not seeing from the war in Iraq.
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texangelwings
June 10, 2007, 5:20 p.m.Thanks to all the above posts for your comments, the world needs to see what happens after a nuclear bomb is dropped. (very difficult to look at the results.)
I have a friend whose wife was a child when she was exposed to this bombing and she has to be tested every year. It is a constant reminder for her and her family.
Thanks Max for this posting.
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OldRusty
June 10, 2007, 5:38 p.m.Hell I had seen these and more pictures than this all my life,as i had a blood relative die at pearl harbor, and others killed in battle in the pacific.,Yes I remember what the Japs done.
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jdhatl
June 11, 2007, 6:47 a.m.the best book I've read all year:
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II, by John W. Dower.
http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Defeat-Japan-Wa...
Even better than the biography of Admiral Halsey, who vehemently denied the claim that the bombs were needed because we wouldn't have been able to take over Japan otherwise.
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B737Tech
June 16, 2007, 7:54 p.m.It must be remembered that the U.S. didn't start WW2. Those 2 A bombs caused Japan to surrender. Otherwise, many more people would have died, including Americans, as a result of the U.S. invading the Japanese homeland. That could have been your father or grandfather who's still alive today because Truman had the guts to do what he did. The Japanese would have gone all out to protect the home inlands.
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