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It says in the titel "Namur Feb 1944". I only know of Namur in Belgium and also in Canada and that picture does not look like either of them.
This may help clear up the island in question.
US troops capture Roi-Namur island in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands during th...HD Stock Footage - YouTube
Great Men...
Yes, all that "toxic masculinity" and "white privilege," just shameful. I'm glad I'm "woke." -- NOT. Let's see how long this post lasts LOL
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Originally Posted by bob seijas
Oh brother! :rolleyes: :dancingbanana::rofl:
When you see how the Japs fought for every square inch of these small islands, in the middle of the ocean, it gives a small indication of the nightmare that an invasion of mainland Japan would have been and how many allied lives it would have cost.
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Originally Posted by Flying10uk
Bob
My father was en route. When the Japs abruptly surrendered, he became one of the first contingents of the occupation force instead of the invasion force. Although Truman was not one of my favorite Presidents, I bless him for dropping those bombs.
Exactly why they dropped them in the first place as the casualties to invade the mainland would have been in the millions you only have to see some of the training films that the populace was preparing for the invaders women & children with pikes, strapping explosives and diving under tanks and so on, thing is if Japan had not surrendered then the magazine of nuclear weapons was empty AFAIK they did not have a 4th weapon.
1. Manhattan bomb 2. Hiroshima 3. Nagasaki and that was it they did not have any reserve of weapons grade material left the only other way would have been a lengthy and costly blockade and slowly starve the country but given the fervor of a demi god leading the people then it may have not worked, could have sent Russia in they did not care for combat losses just get it done!
Russia only declared war on Japan in the last days of the war, and only then so they could grab the small Islands they wanted north of the main islands as well as invade Manchuko (part of Manchuria) which they also wanted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SovietJapanese_War
Brightening up their day.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob seijas
If only for a few seconds.
The Japanese survivors called it "Pikadon" ~ Light then Thunder
This is an extremely interesting read about the plans of an invasion of Japan, and the expected casualties.
The purple hearts produced for this operation have been used until a few years ago, so many they were.
They “covered” the need for a few wars...
Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan 1945-1947, from D.M. Giangreco.