thegreekdog wrote:I do wonder what the casualty count would have been had Truman not authorized the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (US and Japanese).
Certainly would have included a higher percentage of casualties to soldiers rather than civilians than what really happened, but considering the disregard the Japanese gave those civilians caught up in the battles on Pelielu, Okinawa and others, it's distinctly possible the total civilian casualties would have been just as high.
At least, that's what one of the professors I had posited.
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Also, Dr. Mengele wasn't a war hero, or a general, or anything other than a mad scientist with the ability to act with no restraint.
