Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right) |
History speaks for itself. Much has been written, even more has been said. What happened happened. No turning back. No wiping the slate clean. Concentration now should be on doing everything possible to avoid anything of this magnitude ever happening again. [The figures on the number of people who succumbed to the bombings depend upon the source of the data analysis. The numbers do vary and it is widely known the death toll expanded through the years following the initial blast.] Source: Retaliation
"There are voices which assert that the bomb should never have been
used at all. I cannot associate myself with such ideas. […] I am
surprised that very worthy people—but people who in most cases had no
intention of proceeding to the Japanese front themselves—should adopt
the position that rather than throw this bomb, we should have sacrificed
a million American and a quarter of a million British lives."
—Winston Churchill, leader of the Opposition, in a speech to the British House of Commons, August 1945
Which side would you debate?
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