PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 8 months agoJapanese schoolgirls training with a machinegun for the anticipated American invasion of Japan, WW2, 1945media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down111cross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1390arrow-down1imageJapanese schoolgirls training with a machinegun for the anticipated American invasion of Japan, WW2, 1945media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square80fedilinkcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
minus-squareBipta@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoI feel that reaching your conclusion on that basis would have been all but impossible without the benefits of hindsight.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI meant in reference to the post-war attempts at nuclear restraint, not Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoAlso, long-term effects were not known then
I feel that reaching your conclusion on that basis would have been all but impossible without the benefits of hindsight.
I meant in reference to the post-war attempts at nuclear restraint, not Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Also, long-term effects were not known then