Surprised to see that more were killed in Dresden than with the nuke.
There were many that said that a demonstration of the nukes on non populated areas would have had the same effect.
Lemay was Goldwater's running mate - he was made to be a neanderthal and surprising to see his thoughts on Truman.
At the time, we possessed all of two bombs and one "device". We were months away from completing a third bomb.
Once the "device" was successfully tested at Trinity site, we knew that the plutonium-based implosion-type bomb would work. There was no doubt that the uranium-based gun-type bomb would work -- it didn't need to be tested.
You can't make the Trinity test do double-duty as a "demonstration", because you weren't 100% confident that it would work. No point in inviting observers, only to have them witness a fizzle.
So, now, after the successful test, if you use one of the two bombs as a "demonstration", you've only got one left. If they don't surrender after the "demonstration", you can deliver one bomb...and that's it.
Wouldn't that be cutting things a little close? Especially, since we now know that it took two bombs to get their attention...
Lemay was Goldwater's running mate - he was made to be a neanderthal and surprising to see his thoughts on Truman.
Cong. Bill Miller of New York was Goldwater's running mate.
Of course you are, for you know little about that which you speak.
"Lemay was Goldwater's running mate.."
Bill Miller was Goldwater's running mate. Moron.