I'm not sure why you expect it to be so controversial, though - considering that I can't think of any Japanese site members.
The argument about the atomic bombs shortening the war and ultimately saving lives has been made often - it has a certain plausibility, I can't claim to know enough about the details of that part of the war to have a strong opinion about it either way. Or wasn't that the controversial point you meant? The part about the Yamato was, well, I can't really say their conclusion is that shocking or surprising... the Japanese military leadership has done a number of things American military leadership would never do during that war, I dare say.
The argument about the atomic bombs shortening the war and ultimately saving lives has been made often - it has a certain plausibility, I can't claim to know enough about the details of that part of the war to have a strong opinion about it either way. Or wasn't that the controversial point you meant? The part about the Yamato was, well, I can't really say their conclusion is that shocking or surprising... the Japanese military leadership has done a number of things American military leadership would never do during that war, I dare say.
This will be controversial in the extreme, I expect -
- 04/03/2010 09:01:16 PM
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Fascinating is the word.
- 04/03/2010 09:09:21 PM
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Re: Fascinating is the word.
- 04/03/2010 09:53:26 PM
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An interesting tidbit
- 04/03/2010 10:02:32 PM
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Makes sense; I've always heard invasion casualty estimates were 3 million dead.
- 04/03/2010 10:40:11 PM
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That estimate sounds like what they told us. Not 100% on it though. *NM*
- 04/03/2010 10:54:35 PM
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Look at the casulities just from Okinawa and you can get an idea of what would have happened
- 04/03/2010 11:43:00 PM
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Agreed.
- 05/03/2010 01:14:13 AM
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I'm not sure why it should be controversial. It was a great insight and one man's opinion.
- 04/03/2010 09:26:19 PM
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