May 29th, 2007, 03:04 PM
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Re: The first use of the the Atomic Bomb
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Originally Posted by PzJgr
I beg to differ. In april/may 45', everybody knew that the Germans had shot their bolt. So it would not have been wise to have used the bomb then. Being that there were only two, their use was more needed against the Japanese who still had plenty of fight in them. There would have been bad PR in the use against Germany since they pretty much had it. Whereas using on Japan, avenging Pearl Harbor could also have played a part.
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