Atomic Bombs from WWII

[lars573]

I haven't done enough research, but I have heard that the cost of life, both allied and axis, would be tremendous if the allied powers were to invade mainland Japan. I do however think we should have done a lot better job informing the civilians to leave the city. We did no where near enough.

By better do you mean at all? They just flew in and nuked the cities. No more warning than any bombing raid gave.

I can see it now. "Dear Hiroshima, the US army air crops would like to infrom you that we will be dropping a new fangled bomb that will vaporize 10 square KM of your downtown and several thousand people and give lethal doses of radiation to tens of thousands more. And leave dangerous contamination in the soil for decades to come. So if you get all the civilians out as soon as possible so our consience will be clear that would be great. Yours truly the hated gigen."