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Old 09-01-2008
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Re: The A Bombs Of Japan: necessary ???

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Originally Posted by htperr6565 View Post
considering the massive amounts of weaponry on the other side, those figures are minuscule.

For example, Japan produced no air craft carriers in 45. Military historians claim that the air craft carrier was the most key naval vessel in the war.

regardless of their ability to squeeze a few more weapons units, they were still in no way able to project those weapons units off of their shoreline.

production does not equate to the ability to wage offensive warfare. what oil was going to fuel those weapons?

They couldn’t produce much because we were bombing the hell out of them. Are you advocating continuous bombing of their military, industrial and civilian centers as an alternative to killing civilians with Fat Man and Little Boy? I’m having a real hard time following your proposed strategy.
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