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To: wrench

“We only had one more, and it was intended for Germany. But Truman ordered it shipped to the Pacific when Japan waited so long to surrender after the first two nukes.”

We were going nuke Germany 3 months after it had surrendered?


33 posted on 11/03/2007 7:54:11 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0 (The WOT will end when pork products are weaponized)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Sorry, I worded poorly. It “Had been intended for Germany, and was in the European theater. Truman ordered it to the Pacific, as it was no longer needed in Germany, and Japan still needed more prodding.”


46 posted on 11/03/2007 8:11:12 PM PDT by wrench
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