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Originally Posted by Elven6  I would hate to think what would have happened to a allied soldier captured in Japan had we invaded, |
Look no further than the treatment of the Aircrew captured following Doolittles raid. It makes you weep.
We all know what happened under dictatorships during WW2 and so much has been gone over in the life of this thread.
No one deserves to have a nuclear bomb exploded on their doorstep and I have sympathy for those killed and bady effected by the two bombs dropped, which ended the war with Japan.
Given all the statistics projected for an invasion of mainlan Japan, it was the only decision that could be accepted at the time.
I also agree that it must have saved many more lives in the longterm.
War is always a very nasty business, but not signing up to the Geneva convention would not have helped Japans cause, when survivors from the POW camps told of their atrocity stories.
Let us all hope that there is never another atomic weapon used in anger.
Regards
Tom