On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Then you'll like this document: > http://www.umich.edu/~historyj/pages_folder/articles/Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki.pdf<http://www.umich.edu/%7Ehistoryj/pages_folder/articles/Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki.pdf> > ----------------------------------------- As early as spring of 1945, evidence mounted that the capacity of the Japanese air force to defend its homeland against heavy bombardment was rapidly deteriorating. This information led Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew that the Japanese would be open to a negotiated peace. Grew firmly believed that the Japanese were so nearly beaten by the end of May 1945 that they would in all likelihood would capitulate if the unconditional surrender doctrine that Truman had inherited from Roosevelt were modified to allow the retention of the Japanese Emperor, a revered symbol of the Japanese dynasty (Miles, 1985, p.124). However, Truman's reluctance to revise the popular expectation that Japan would have to surrender unconditionally remained the sticking point in ending the war through normal diplomatic channels. That seems so contrary to news reels of the time that showed the locals picking up sticks/spears to learn how to kill someone. Those were held by women and children. The mindset of the Japanese was to never consider surrender. You fought till you died for your country. Plain and simple, and that is why they treated POWs so poorly. Surrender was never an option in their background. That is why they needed to drop the second bomb. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
