Beg to differ with you. My uncles NEVER purchased anything made in Japan after the war. They saw our men strung up in trees and skinnid alive and left to die from loss of water that their skin would have otherwise kept in.....
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cheeseypotatoes
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Holy shit
wiggins
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well, yes it was:
- major naval base
- major army base
- shit load of industry
"Target Selection
ww2dbaseBetween 10 and 11 May 1945, Oppenheimer led a committee which came up with a list of cities most potentially suitable as targets of atomic attacks. The committee eventually arrived at the recommendation of four targets:
- Kyoto
- Hiroshima
- Yokohama
- Kokura.
- a major army base that housed the headquarters of the Japanese 5th Division and the 2nd Army Headquarters.
- It was also an important port in southern Japan and a communications center. The mountains surrounding Hiroshima also contributed to Hiroshima being among one of the top choices among the short list of potential targets, for that the mountains might contain the destructive forces of an atomic blast in the target area, increasing the level of destruction.
US Secretary of War Henry Stimson voiced successfully against the selection of Kyoto as a target, arguing that the city held cultural importance to the world"
They built this fucker at Kure Naval Base which is located at ... wait for it... Hiroshima...
Yamato: world's biggest, ever, battle ship.
the green hills of (Hiroshima) home...
note Jap aircraft carrier to immediate right...
More stuff made at Hiroshima Kure base:
Soryu build at Kure base.
Examples of ships built at Kure Naval Arsenal[edit]
Battleships[edit]
- Yamato, Yamato-class battleship 1941
- Nagato, Nagato-class battleship 1920
- Settsu, Kawachi-class battleship 1912
Aircraft carrier Sōryū nearing completion, 1937
Battlecruiser/Armoured Cruiser[edit]
- Akagi, Amagi-class battlecruiser/Akagi-class aircraft carrier 1925
- Ibuki, Ibuki-class battlecruiser 1909
- Tsukuba, Tsukuba-class battlecruiser 1907
Aircraft Carriers[edit]
- Katsuragi, Unryū-class aircraft carrier 1945
- Fleet Carrier Sōryū, 1937
- Un'yō, Taiyō-class escort carrier 1942
Cruisers[edit]
- 1 of 4 Takao-class heavy cruisers: Atago (1932)
- 1 of 4 Myōkō-class heavy cruisers: Nachi (1928)
- light cruiser Ōyodo (1943)
Destroyers[edit]
- Ariake, Fubuki, Arare, Harusame-class Destroyers 1905
Submarines[edit]
Seaplane Tenders[edit]
Naval Weapons designed at Kure[edit]
Naval Gun[edit]
- 40(46) cm/45 Type 94 naval gun, main armament of the Yamato-class Battleship
- 10 cm/65 Type 98 naval gun, main armament of the Akizuki-class Destroyer and Secondary armament of light cruiser Ōyodo and aircraft carrier Taihō
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You would find that you'd acquire a severe and fatal level of Acute Radiation Syndrome (radiation sickness).
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-Ward
Guipago
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Busy little bastards weren't they.well, yes it was:
- major naval base
- major army base
- shit load of industry
"Target Selection
ww2dbaseBetween 10 and 11 May 1945, Oppenheimer led a committee which came up with a list of cities most potentially suitable as targets of atomic attacks. The committee eventually arrived at the recommendation of four targets:
Hiroshima was chosen as the first target due to its military and industrial values. As a military target, Hiroshima was:
- Kyoto
- Hiroshima
- Yokohama
- Kokura.
- a major army base that housed the headquarters of the Japanese 5th Division and the 2nd Army Headquarters.
- It was also an important port in southern Japan and a communications center. The mountains surrounding Hiroshima also contributed to Hiroshima being among one of the top choices among the short list of potential targets, for that the mountains might contain the destructive forces of an atomic blast in the target area, increasing the level of destruction.
US Secretary of War Henry Stimson voiced successfully against the selection of Kyoto as a target, arguing that the city held cultural importance to the world"
They built this fucker at Kure Naval Base which is located at ... wait for it... Hiroshima...
View attachment 649131
Yamato: world's biggest, ever, battle ship.
the green hills of (Hiroshima) home...
View attachment 649132
note Jap aircraft carrier to immediate right...
More stuff made at Hiroshima Kure base:
View attachment 649135
Soryu build at Kure base.
View attachment 649137
Examples of ships built at Kure Naval Arsenal[edit]
Battleships[edit]
- Yamato, Yamato-class battleship 1941
- Nagato, Nagato-class battleship 1920
- Settsu, Kawachi-class battleship 1912
Aircraft carrier Sōryū nearing completion, 1937
Battlecruiser/Armoured Cruiser[edit]
- Akagi, Amagi-class battlecruiser/Akagi-class aircraft carrier 1925
- Ibuki, Ibuki-class battlecruiser 1909
- Tsukuba, Tsukuba-class battlecruiser 1907
Aircraft Carriers[edit]
- Katsuragi, Unryū-class aircraft carrier 1945
- Fleet Carrier Sōryū, 1937
- Un'yō, Taiyō-class escort carrier 1942
Cruisers[edit]
- 1 of 4 Takao-class heavy cruisers: Atago (1932)
- 1 of 4 Myōkō-class heavy cruisers: Nachi (1928)
- light cruiser Ōyodo (1943)
Destroyers[edit]
- Ariake, Fubuki, Arare, Harusame-class Destroyers 1905
Submarines[edit]
Seaplane Tenders[edit]
Naval Weapons designed at Kure[edit]
Naval Gun[edit]
- 40(46) cm/45 Type 94 naval gun, main armament of the Yamato-class Battleship
- 10 cm/65 Type 98 naval gun, main armament of the Akizuki-class Destroyer and Secondary armament of light cruiser Ōyodo and aircraft carrier Taihō
I think Kyoto was socked in so Nagasaki got the good news.
wiggins
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Thanks for that. I'll add to it later.
there's a lot of BS around about how 'racist' the US was in dropping the bomb but it wasn't like that.
If the bomb was to be ready when Germany was still fighting, and especially when Russia was out still fighting way out east then I'm sure Berlin would have got it first.
best movie line about the bombings.....
pussyhound
Fresh Meat
USA def got a Kilimanjaro
spamdagger79
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they didnt learn after the first one
they absolutely deserved the second
they absolutely deserved the second
The day we dropped a piece of the sun on our enemies.
wiggins
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Are you also a protector of Japanese male anus's?
'Cause the Enola Faggot rammed it right up their yellow asses...
Just saying...
Htos1av
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I'm sure there's plenty of public domain and classified footage of the aftermath.
Raistlin Majere
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The worst thing to ever happen to mankind, is the USA making and dropping atomic weapons on (largely) women, children, and very old men. The BEST thing to happen SINCE then, is Russia developing their own bombs.
The Russians saved the entire rest of the globe, from being at the mercy of the sick yankees, whos favourite passtime for 100 years has been bombing poor, mostly brown people with no means to defend themselves, taking their resources, and from time time (twice a week, without fail, for 30 years) shooting their own children in their own schools.
Long live Russia! And Mr Putin! Keeping them yankees thinking!
Unfortunately what we have now, although the lesser of the two evils, is the rest of humanity living in perpetual paranoia of impending atomic warfare, till the end of time.
The Russians saved the entire rest of the globe, from being at the mercy of the sick yankees, whos favourite passtime for 100 years has been bombing poor, mostly brown people with no means to defend themselves, taking their resources, and from time time (twice a week, without fail, for 30 years) shooting their own children in their own schools.
Long live Russia! And Mr Putin! Keeping them yankees thinking!
Unfortunately what we have now, although the lesser of the two evils, is the rest of humanity living in perpetual paranoia of impending atomic warfare, till the end of time.
Poor horsey, the nips got exactly what they deserved.
Eat a bag of commie dicks.
It's hard to believe, it's hard to understand, but contrary to popular belief, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs ended up saving tens of times the lives they took. Japan refused to surrender and there was no other option left than an invasion to force their surrender to stop the carnage once for all.
Estimates of human loss from an invasion of Japan (who was already talking about arming more than 28 million civilians to defend the islands) was in MILLIONS of human lives between both sides. The atomic bombs took a couple of hundred thousands and ended it almost immediately.
A tough decision, yes, but one that any commander who wants to preserve lives (of the opponent and even more so of his own soldiers) would have made without thinking too much about it.
Estimates of human loss from an invasion of Japan (who was already talking about arming more than 28 million civilians to defend the islands) was in MILLIONS of human lives between both sides. The atomic bombs took a couple of hundred thousands and ended it almost immediately.
A tough decision, yes, but one that any commander who wants to preserve lives (of the opponent and even more so of his own soldiers) would have made without thinking too much about it.
Guipago
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You really have a lot of research to do if you think the Japanese military & the Russians were poor innocent victims, they made the yanks look like choir boys.
'The Russians saved the entire rest of the globe' You got to be kidding! The Russians tried to subjugate the rest of the globe, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus are just a few countries that were under the Russian boot after WW2 & after Russia said they would hand countries back to their Governments once hostilities ceased (why do you think America armed Russia at the start of WW2 in the first place?) Russia dogged out on their word & that's what the rest of the World has come to expect from the Russian Goverment, why do you think their backing Ukraine???
