I think an unconditional surrender was needed. Germany was able to claim they hadn't really lost WW1 because of the conditional surrender. You have to crush the will in order to win a war permanently. But dropping the bombs didn't show people that we should t nuke people. We didn't go anti-nuke until after the Russians got them too, and almost used them in both Korea and Vietnam. The real antinuke feeling didn't really start until icbms became a reality.
shoulda dropped a nuke on moscow and beijing for good measure.... can you imagine that? no cold war? no communism? no one could talk shit because our 2 biggest rivals would have never developed.
Well Truman left Stalin in the dark about the nuclear program and dropping the bombs in Japan because he didn't trust him. It's well documented Truman's distrust and skepticism of Stalin.
Most Germans didn't understand why they were surrendering when they still held enemy territory. For thousands of years the success of a military campaign was determined by how much land you were able to conquer and claim for yourselves. But after signing the Treaty of Versailles there was no doubt they had lost the war because of how harsh the terms of the treaty were It's weird how shit works out. If the French and English would have listened to us after the war and reconciled with the Germans WW2 probably would have been avoided and nobody would have ever heard of Hitler. Also if they didn't completely bust up the Ottoman Empire and start claiming those colonies for themselves the Middle East might not be the complete cluster fuck it is today. It is really amazing just how horrible the Treaty of Versailles was and how we are still dealing with the consequences of it and will continue to do so for quite awhile
Stalin knew what was going on the entire time. The Manhattan project was infiltrated by the Commies at damn near every level. Stalin knew the test was successful before Truman even told the Allies about it.
Yeah this is very true, that's a very astute point you make. It is evident how the Treaty of Versailles is still causing problems today. Breaking up the Ottoman Empire is probably the biggest failure of the Treaty.
The Great Daylight 1972 Fireball - large meteor (est. up to 14 meters wide) that just barely missed hitting Earth, instead just grazing it's atmosphere producing the streak across the sky lasting for over 100 seconds
read some stuff and they said it wouldn't have done much at all even if it had had a direct impact and that if it had entered straight through the atmosphere it would have been reduced to 1/3 of its original size.
Adolf Hitler decided to visit Finland on 4 June 1942, ostensibly to congratulate Mannerheim on his 75th birthday. But Mannerheim did not want to meet him in his headquarters in Mikkeli or in Helsinki, as it would have seemed like an official state visit. The meeting took place near Imatra, in south-eastern Finland, and was arranged in secrecy.[32] From Immola Airfield, Hitler, accompanied by President Ryti, was driven to the place where Mannerheim was waiting at a railway siding. After a speech from Hitler, and following a birthday meal and negotiations between him and Mannerheim, Hitler returned to Germany. President Ryti and other high-ranking Finns and Germans were also present. Hitler spent about five hours in Finland. Hitler reportedly intended to ask the Finns to step up military operations against the Soviets, but he apparently made no specific demands.[32] During the visit, an engineer of the Finnish broadcasting company YLE, Thor Damen, succeeded in recording the first 11 minutes of Hitler's and Mannerheim's private conversation. This had to be done secretly, as Hitler never allowed others to record him off-guard. Damen was given the assignment to record the official birthday speeches and Mannerheim's responses and following those orders added microphones to certain railway cars. Unfortunately, Mannerheim and his guests chose to go to a car that didn't have a microphone in it. Damen acted quickly, pushing a microphone through one of the car windows to a netshelf just above where Hitler and Mannerheim were sitting. After 11 minutes of Hitler's and Mannerheim's private conversation, Hitler's SS bodyguards spotted the cords coming out of the window and realized that the Finnish engineer was recording the conversation. They gestured to him to stop recording immediately, and he complied. The SS bodyguards demanded that the tape be immediately destroyed, but YLE was allowed to keep the reel, after promising to keep it in a sealed container. It was given to the head of the state censors' office Kustaa Vilkuna and in 1957 returned to YLE. It was made available to the public a few years later. It is the only known recording of Hitler speaking in an unofficial tone.[41][42] There is an unsubstantiated story that during his meeting with Hitler, Mannerheim lit a cigar. Mannerheim supposed that Hitler would ask Finland for help against the Soviet Union, which Mannerheim was unwilling to give. When Mannerheim lit up, all in attendance gasped, for Hitler's aversion to smoking was well known. Yet Hitler continued the conversation calmly, with no comment. In this way, Mannerheim could judge if Hitler was speaking from a position of strength or weakness. He was able to refuse Hitler, knowing that Hitler was in a weak position, and could not dictate to him.[32][40]
If you haven't, you should watch Downfall, the movie where that clip is from. It's one of the best acting performances I've ever seen (Bruno Ganz plays Hitler).
The Queen in the Army during WWII also, a lot of other really cool pics at this website: http://www.retronaut.co/
I got Schwimmer, Damon, Jordan, and Hanks. Holy fuck at Eminem, Flea, Prince, and George Clooney. I thought Jim Morrison was Lane Kiffin.
Celebrity photos, huh? Spoiler This is the Interesting Pics in History thread, not TMZ. Get that shit out of here. or Spoiler why the fuck did you longcat this great thread with 'who gives a shit' celebrity photos that are neither historical nor interesting?
Wow that looks exactly like Michael Jordan. I checked all the other ones, but I skipped that one because I was so confident.
If I posted this in 1978, and asked the question "future oscar nominated actor or convicted child rapist/murderer?" I think 100% of the responses would have been "Child rapist/murder"