did american make a mistake when bombing .japan?

No,they left us no alternative than to create a weapon capable of mass destruction in which they would have no hope of victorygun65

[QUOTE="gun65"]No,they left us no alternative than to create a weapon capable of mass destruction in which they would have no hope of victory1337_ownage

It was either that or try a mainland attack, and that would mean extreme casualties on both sides. They were given fair warning and didnt back down, so they got what they got. Thats what happens when you try to sucker punch america like they did.....Def_Jef88

well 200,00 innocent > 1000000000 soilders

soldiers fight to die for country

innocent try to live life 

[QUOTE="Def_Jef88"]It was either that or try a mainland attack, and that would mean extreme casualties on both sides. They were given fair warning and didnt back down, so they got what they got. Thats what happens when you try to sucker punch america like they did.....1337_ownage

well 200,00 innocent > 1000000000 soilders

soldiers fight to die for country

innocent try to live life

[QUOTE="1337_ownage"][QUOTE="gun65"]No,they left us no alternative than to create a weapon capable of mass destruction in which they would have no hope of victorybobwill1

big mistake, but innocent death was worst 

[QUOTE="Def_Jef88"]It was either that or try a mainland attack, and that would mean extreme casualties on both sides. They were given fair warning and didnt back down, so they got what they got. Thats what happens when you try to sucker punch america like they did.....1337_ownage

well 200,00 innocent > 1000000000 soilders

soldiers fight to die for country

innocent try to live life

It was them or us, and ill choose them first anyday... 

[QUOTE="peypan"]during world war ii, the US bombed the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki.  the japenese refused to surrender to the war and they were warned about the bombs well before the attack.  the bombs were the first [maybe only?] atomic bombs to be dropped not as a test.  was this a mistake? Tim_Q

 We didn't warn them.  Truman was given five choices, 1) Continue fire bombing, 2) Invasion (scheduled November 4th), 3) Drop with warning, 4) Drop with Demonstration, 5) Drop without warning.  We went with option five to minimize American casualties.

Actually, they went with #3.  Before the bombing, Japanese officials were told that if they did not surrender, they should expect a rain of destruction from the sky.  They didn't surrender and paid for it.

Also, i don't think it was a mistake.  The bombing saved millions of lives.  Half a million U.S. troops alone were predicted to die if an invasion of mainland Japan occured.

[QUOTE="qetuo6"]What's up with these topics all of a sudden?Sajo7

My thoughts exactly, can't we argue about something else, preferably not about America?

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[QUOTE="peypan"]during world war ii, the US bombed the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki.  the japenese refused to surrender to the war and they were warned about the bombs well before the attack.  the bombs were the first [maybe only?] atomic bombs to be dropped not as a test.  was this a mistake? GamerForca

 We didn't warn them.  Truman was given five choices, 1) Continue fire bombing, 2) Invasion (scheduled November 4th), 3) Drop with warning, 4) Drop with Demonstration, 5) Drop without warning.  We went with option five to minimize American casualties.

Actually, they went with #3.  Before the bombing, Japanese officials were told that if they did not surrender, they should expect a rain of destruction from the sky.  They didn't surrender and paid for it.

Also, i don't think it was a mistake.  The bombing saved millions of lives.  Half a million U.S. troops alone were predicted to die if an invasion of mainland Japan occured.

When I say a warning, I mean a detailed description of what we're going to do, not a, "You're all going to die."

 Hell, America didn't even know what we were about to unleash, we had no idea the kind of destruction it would bring up the world.  During the testing of the first bomb, a building was constructed, thought to make it through the blast, and bomb proof, it was completely destroyed.  America was shocked just as much as anyone else about the Atomic bomb.