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Just watched a show on PBS last night on the end of the war

Posted on: August 6, 2025 at 16:56:11 CT
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The Emporer's wife said the B-29 flyovers after the war ended were annoying. But the B-29 was impressive.
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80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing - El-ahrairah BAMA - 8/6 16:44:04
     Read up on Operation Downfall - Calca STL - 8/6 17:55:42
     That is likely revisionist history. - Spanky KU - 8/6 17:19:09
          I’ll listen to Eisenhower, Nimitz, etc over you - El-ahrairah BAMA - 8/6 17:50:33
               Far less civilian lives were lost in Japan due to - Spanky KU - 8/6 17:54:27
          Japan may have been moving towards surrender but it was not - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/6 17:32:53
               They wanted a conditional surrender - Calca STL - 8/6 18:25:43
                    The only condition was keeping their emporer - El-ahrairah BAMA - 8/6 20:09:51
                         No, they had other conditions. No army of occupation. - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/6 20:18:29
                    They also wanted to decommission their army themselves and - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/6 19:34:49
               400,000 lives saved and 600,000 wounded - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/6 17:56:13
                    Well they were ready to surrender - El-ahrairah BAMA - 8/6 17:58:51
                         Not hardly. Guy told the story of an elderly woman on - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/6 18:11:29
                         They weren't(nm) - Calca STL - 8/6 17:59:25
               We only had 2 bombs - El-ahrairah BAMA - 8/6 17:53:40
                    3rd one was almost ready and would have hit Kokura - Calca STL - 8/6 18:01:58
          The Japs had approached the Russians about peace, BS.nm - tigertix MU - 8/6 17:32:16
     The Air Force should do a flyover in honor of the occasion(nm) - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/6 16:53:10
          and drop leaflets like they did in '45............nm - tigertix MU - 8/6 17:35:20
          Just watched a show on PBS last night on the end of the war - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/6 16:56:11
     80th anniversary gift.... - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/6 16:51:06




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