KINUKO LASKEY, HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR

[fshoutowtr]

26,000 casualties on Iwo Jima and over 18,000 Japanese soldiers killed and only 37 captured alive, over 62,000 U.S casualties on Okinawa and over 250,000 dead or wounded Japanese both civilian and military. What would an Invasion of mainland Japan been like? It would have been horrific, truly hell on earth.The bombs saved lives in the end.

[TAz69x]

jesus fucking christ

That is some of the most horrifying disgusting wrangled scorched burned mutilated agonizing horror inflicted on a population I've ever seen... o.O

[cyphertek]

You cannot make the government do what you want so go after the innocent. Both Japan (in occupied countries) and US have done it during WW2. In the bigger picture, this is not about Japan, US or any government. It's about innocent people being slaughtered. To me, Hiroshima, Nanking, Dresden, Guernica or any other countless incidents throughout the history is tragic and they all should be. If you are position to blast an entire city with one bomb or 2000 bombs, don't take it lightly.

[germanyforever40]

Google "Japanese War Crimes"

NEVER FORGET: Manila Massacre, Alexandra Hospital massacre, Sook Ching Massacre, Kalagong massacre, Laha massacre, Banka Island massacre, Parit Sulong massacre, Palawan massacre, Nan King Massacre, Three Alls Policy, Changi Prison, Hellships, Bataan Death March, Death Railway, Mass killings, Human experimentation and biological warfare, Use of chemical weapons, Preventable famine, Torture of POWs, Cannibalism, Forced labor, Comfort women, Looting STILL NO APOLOGY

[nycboyforlife]

It's very sad that innocent people have to suffer for what the barbaric Japanese government and troops did. The Japanese military machine caused suffering and despair throughout Asia. The bombing of Tokyo caused over 100,000 deaths in one night and no surrender but just the absolute devastation the nuclear bomb caused made the Japanese government re-think about surrendering. Very tragic. By the way the Japanese planned on dropping biological flea bombs on San Diego.

[CRUDSLUDGE]

This was set in motion by Albert Einstein, who feared Hitler getting it first, from Roosevelt to Truman achieving President during war time hours, Truman made the decision, Adam and Baker were dropped and Japan's military will was broken, so as to save American lives...it was the first time Atomic Bombs were used in battle...From Pearl Harbor to this. I have no judgement upon this other than wow...poor lady

[ClubPinkz]

i just want to say that japan never deserved this, all the inccocent people that died. and for what? what exactly did dropping a nuclear bomb on them do apart from kill hundreds of people?? maybe japan did bomb america first but japan did not deserve that. all them people died painful deaths even the survivors had a horrible life, they had to live with radioactive poisning, knowing there friends and family have died in such a horrible way. survivors at the time probably enyved the dead.

[dLimboStick]

More people died in the fire bombing of Tokyo, but Japan did not surrender.  Japan surrendered days after the Nukes were dropped. It saved lives. It ended the war. QED.

[sonamybaby102]

@dLimboStick killing = save lives = FAIL =]

[TheVapeAficionado]

@ClubPinkz In times of war, many horrible things happend. There is no doubt that Japan did not deserve this, but America did not deserve Pearl Harbor, Europe did not deserve the Holocaust.

People do not deserve war...

[Nuuk93]

I really don't think that they should've bombed Japan! We were winning anyway, if we could've just waited then we wouldn't have to bomb them! One was unnecessary but TWO!

[umbertosavi]

...............no bomb should have blown up,what are you saying?

[ChuckHitler]

because they didn't surrender after the first bomb.

but goddamn it! why didn't they just use a regular bomb?

or... no bomb at all! it's true, we were winning. we had the total advantage.

[loquenoseve]

Some of the comments make me doubt if there has been any lesson learnt from this unrrivaled black page in history.

But, by only seeing how the same old tyrant is still bringing death and terror to the world, stops the doubting, and makes it clear, at least to me.

Instead of humanity, the word should be stupidity.

[NanoLoco35]

that bomb was unnecessary

[datzburier]

Story of hope...

Why and how she ended up with another American (North American).. after what they did to her people.. She was a brave women...

[omgxstrat]

you know, japan mightve bombed us first but really, was bombing them back the only way to peace?

i think not.

an eye for an eye will make the world blind.

[jazzpsalti]

how the hell did she survive that!!!

[Kurairu]

But yeah, we do tend to overreact

[salus1977]

America, shame on you!

[Kurairu]

They hit us first D:

[goddamitgivemeaname]

but with conventional weapons -.- and they attacked a military base and nagasaki and hiroshima are citys full of civilists

anyway stop war!

[Minato8Namikaze]

So?, What we did was just crazy

We completely over did it!

[themainthing1974]

I'm from the US, and I'm not at all proud of everything the leaders of my country have done. Please don't lump all Americans together.

[techxnerd]

President Truman was the idiot who ordered the army to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. The bomb was originally developed to be used on Japan's Military base.

[innocentangel777777]

the bombing suked

[innocentangel777777]

i rely do h0pe nuclear atacks will be a thing of the past