The japanese described their mutilated city as a graveyard, with not a tombstone standing. These terrifying blows were struck in japan only after profound consideration of all of the human and military factors. Dropped tobombs were end the war quickly, and they did in the war quickly. Richard franks offer author of downfall. Here to talk to us further about the 75th anniversary of the drop of the atomic bombs by the u. S. On japan. Richard frank, thank you for joining us. Guest thank you for having me. Host in that last clip, the military film from 1946, it said that the atomic bombs were dropped to end the war quickly, and they did in the war quickly. Was this the right decision to make and for those farms the reason for the end of the war . Guest the short answer is that yes and yes. Overwhelmingly the primary reason was to end the war as quickly as possible. One thing i think its critical that we get to at the start is to understand context of this. I have two sick principles. One i
Said pretty definitively the atomic bombs wordwrap to end the war quickly and they did and the war quickly. Was this the correct decision to make . Did they end the war . The short answer is yes and yes. The ware dropped to end quickly, to save lives, both american and japanese. What we have to get right at the start is to understand the context. There are two basic principles. We have to count the dead and we have to treat the dead as having a common humanity and that means the japanese as well. The asiapacific war resulted in the death of 19 million noncombatants. And all of that number, the number of japanese noncombatants died was maybe one million, 1. 2 million. More than that were due to the soviet invasion in 1945. That tells you immediately that for every japanese noncombatants who died in the whole war between 17 and 18 other noncombatants died. There were other agents and about 12 million of them are chinese. And most of those noncombatants who were not japanese were already
Of these, 43,000 were badly hurt. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of its 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. The desolate remains were aptly described as vapor and ashes. Man had torn from nature one of her innermost secrets. And with his newfound knowledge he had fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implications of this extraordinary weapon were frightening to everyday people. What did you think of that japs,as dropped on the mrs. Glenn . Terrible. All of those people killed. Three days later, another b29 dropped an improved bomb on the seaport of nagasaki. A highly congested industrialized city boasting the best natural harbor in western kyushu. And extensive naval facilities. [explosion] this bomb, exploding over the north factory district, took the lives of 42,000 persons. And injured 40,000 more. It destroyed 39 of all of the buildings in nagasaki before the calamity. The japanese described their mutilated city as a graveyard, with not a tombstone standi
Please leave your name and the city you are calling from. Also, social media, cspanwj is our twitter handle. Com giving thell. Basic contours of what happened yesterday. On saturday President Donald Trump signed a series of executive actions intended to extend and expand covid19 relief, including extending payroll tax collection and boosting unemployment benefits. It is not clear the Legal Authority under which the president was acting, which came at a News Conference in his in new jersey at his country club in host those are the basics. We will get to the details in a moment. From the president yesterday at this event in new jersey on why he did this. [video clip] democrats are actively blocking the things we want and what we want is good for people. Support for k12 schools so that they can open. Inc. Of that. The, direct payments at 3400 for a family of or bang. Ofs, funding for family four. Plus, funding for Mental Health care and you need that when you have so much of a lockdown. R
On august 6 and Army Air Force b29 dropped atomic bomb number two on hiroshima, japans seventh largest city. [explosion] a stunned universe swiftly learned that man had a new weapon of shocking destructiveness. A weapon bordering on the absolute. Died instantly. 70,000 persons were killed or listed as missing. 140,000 persons were injured. 43,000 were badly hurt. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. The remains were described as vapor and ashes. Man had torn from nature one of her innermost secrets. With his knowledge he had fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implications were frightening to everyday people. What did you think of that bomb we dropped on the japs . Terrible. All of those people killed. Relays later, another b29 dropped an improved bomb on the seaport of nagasaki. A highly congested city boasting the best natural harbor in western kyushu. [explosion] this bomb, exploding over the district, took the lives of 4