SteveR wrote:
We firebombed Tokyo. With its wooden and paper houses the city went up in horrific flames. 100,000 Japanese civilians were k**led. The Japanese could have surrendered then and we never would have had Hiroshima. But we did. Once we had Hiroshima the Japanes could have surrendered, but the tyrannical leadership thought more about themselves than their people, so we had Nagasaki.
In Europe, at some point Hitler knew the war was over but would not surrender. He allowed his entire country to be ripped to shreds and divided between allies rather than think of his own people. Another megolomaniacal tyrant.
And now the tyrants who have ruled Gaza would rather fight to the bitter end, allowing their people to suffer and their country to be demolished RATHER THAN SURRENDER. Who's the Hitler? Who are the tyrants? HAMAS
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Steve, here is an excellent article on Operation Olympic from the US Navy's History and Heritage H-Grams...A short but interesting read about the thinking that went into the potential invasion of Japan....Cheers