"Now, if Roosevelt was re-elected... then perhaps the Soviets would've broken their neutrality in regards to Japan... but in reality, we had to liberate Korea, Manchuria, all on our own..."
-From The End of World War Two in the Pacific, and the Consequences by Hugh Ambrose
"We had to move some troops through China... well, not just some troops... that really hurt us in the Philippines, which should've been our main focus... but, looking back, maybe it was better that we were responsible for that fight... 'cause I don't know what kind of [CENSORED] we would've gone through had we let the Soviets take control of that area..."
-Douglas MacArthur, in an interview circa 1953
-From The End of World War Two in the Pacific, and the Consequences by Hugh Ambrose
"We had to move some troops through China... well, not just some troops... that really hurt us in the Philippines, which should've been our main focus... but, looking back, maybe it was better that we were responsible for that fight... 'cause I don't know what kind of [CENSORED] we would've gone through had we let the Soviets take control of that area..."
-Douglas MacArthur, in an interview circa 1953
"By August 8th, we've liberated about... 97 percent of that area... `cause by that point, Japan's resources were stretched thin... but casualties were much higher than expected... those [CENSORED] bastards just wouldn't give up... there were more than a few incidents where they waited in ditches, squeezing a grenade... once our boys were close, they'd just let go..."
-Douglas MacArthur, in an interview circa 1953
"Whatever happened in Guadalcanal or the Philippines or Manchuria... could not begin to compare with the hellhole that was Iwo Jima... and Okinawa... those bastards just wouldn't give up... on the other hand, you'd see villagers throwing themselves from cliffs... and we didn't need to go through that, in the end, did we?"
-Chester Nimitz, in an interview circa 1965
-Douglas MacArthur, in an interview circa 1953
"Whatever happened in Guadalcanal or the Philippines or Manchuria... could not begin to compare with the hellhole that was Iwo Jima... and Okinawa... those bastards just wouldn't give up... on the other hand, you'd see villagers throwing themselves from cliffs... and we didn't need to go through that, in the end, did we?"
-Chester Nimitz, in an interview circa 1965
"Trinity... took more time than it should have... at least in the minds of the military men... but regardless, it was a success... it caused a, well, appropriate amount of damage... and it went up the chain."
-Robert Oppenheimer, in an interview circa 1960
"I remember talking to the President that way... he was sitting in his study in the east wing... he looked anxious, though that was understandable... he told me: 'when man has destroyed nature, and in their place cities, which he destroyed anyway... when man has something to destroy the lot of them... why, he must have the Right hand of God!'"
-Robert Oppenheimer, in an interview circa 1960
"I remember talking to the President that way... he was sitting in his study in the east wing... he looked anxious, though that was understandable... he told me: 'when man has destroyed nature, and in their place cities, which he destroyed anyway... when man has something to destroy the lot of them... why, he must have the Right hand of God!'"
"My fellow Americans:
"Hours ago, a United States Army Air Force aircraft has dropped a bomb on the Aizu Region, in the Fukushima Prefecture. It is an atomic bomb, with the power equivalent to that of twenty thousand tons of Trinitrotoluene.
"It applies the forces of nature: within the bomb, there is an element called uranium. Within it, we have started what is called fission. Simply, the atomic molecules within the uranium split, which sparked a chain reaction. A massive amount of energy was released.
"Let me assure you, that the purpose of the bombing was not to terrorize the Japanese people. According to the estimates of the War Department, less than thirty thousand people were killed. But it is, rather, the demonstration of this weapon of mass destruction, the demonstration of our military might. We have bombed their factories and airfields and ports, but their Emperor, their ministers, their generals, have remained stubborn.
"And so, we have shown unto them just what we are capable of. While I hope to God we will not use this weapon again, I will say this: they can either surrender now, and allow the suffering to end, or they can force our hand."
"Hours ago, a United States Army Air Force aircraft has dropped a bomb on the Aizu Region, in the Fukushima Prefecture. It is an atomic bomb, with the power equivalent to that of twenty thousand tons of Trinitrotoluene.
"It applies the forces of nature: within the bomb, there is an element called uranium. Within it, we have started what is called fission. Simply, the atomic molecules within the uranium split, which sparked a chain reaction. A massive amount of energy was released.
"Let me assure you, that the purpose of the bombing was not to terrorize the Japanese people. According to the estimates of the War Department, less than thirty thousand people were killed. But it is, rather, the demonstration of this weapon of mass destruction, the demonstration of our military might. We have bombed their factories and airfields and ports, but their Emperor, their ministers, their generals, have remained stubborn.
"And so, we have shown unto them just what we are capable of. While I hope to God we will not use this weapon again, I will say this: they can either surrender now, and allow the suffering to end, or they can force our hand."
"Citizens of the Empire,
"The American demagogue, Thomas Dewey, in the name of 'peace,' has decided to murder thousands of our brethren with his so-called 'atomic bomb.' of course, the Empire of Japan has always promoted peace, through the creation of the Co-Prosperity Sphere, and the infrastructure built in member nations.
"He says that if we are to forsake the Emperor, the honor of our country, by surrendering, then we are to receive peace. But it is well-known to all educated peoples that the American version of peace is nothing but humiliation.
"And so, we will never surrender. The Americans can drop more of their atomic weapons, but we will see that the Americans suffer a heavy fate in attempting to impose their justice unto our homeland. We shall turn our island into a source of misery for the foreign invaders.
"Fight on, for the Showa!"
"The American demagogue, Thomas Dewey, in the name of 'peace,' has decided to murder thousands of our brethren with his so-called 'atomic bomb.' of course, the Empire of Japan has always promoted peace, through the creation of the Co-Prosperity Sphere, and the infrastructure built in member nations.
"He says that if we are to forsake the Emperor, the honor of our country, by surrendering, then we are to receive peace. But it is well-known to all educated peoples that the American version of peace is nothing but humiliation.
"And so, we will never surrender. The Americans can drop more of their atomic weapons, but we will see that the Americans suffer a heavy fate in attempting to impose their justice unto our homeland. We shall turn our island into a source of misery for the foreign invaders.
"Fight on, for the Showa!"
"We were genuinely disappointed... but we didn't' just sit around... the President said, 'those bastards won't listen to reason, so it's time to make them.' and so, we prepared for the next bombing."
-Dwight Eisenhower, in an interview circa 1958
Niigata Destroyed by Atomic Bomb! -Santa Fe New Mexico
-Dwight Eisenhower, in an interview circa 1958
Niigata Destroyed by Atomic Bomb! -Santa Fe New Mexico
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They would never destroy Kyoto. Too much religious and historical significance to the Japanese people.
"It... it was late at night... only a few days after Niigata was atomized... the Emperor convened the ministers... the hardliners, those in the military, they rejected so much as the notion of surrender... a few, the Oxford schoolboys as they were detracted... they believed we needed to survive... the Showa made the final decision."
-Japanese Surrender, End of War! Emperor Accepts Allied Rule! MacArthur Supreme Commander!
-Japanese Surrender, End of War! Emperor Accepts Allied Rule! MacArthur Supreme Commander!
"Now that the war was over, the... the President wanted to think about reconstruction. But we weren't only talking about Japan... there was also Korea, there was the Philippines, there was the ROC. But this wasn't like Ike's plan for Europe... here, we had to do everything."
-Douglas MacArthur
"During the war, we destroyed a good portion of Japan's infrastructure... Tokyo seemed like it went through an earthquake... Niigata, was slightly worse... but in the end, what was the difference?"
-One of MacArthur's aide
-Douglas MacArthur
"During the war, we destroyed a good portion of Japan's infrastructure... Tokyo seemed like it went through an earthquake... Niigata, was slightly worse... but in the end, what was the difference?"
-One of MacArthur's aide
"The war saw production start up... but it was only a temporary effect... as soon as fighting ended, it all faded: millions of G.I.'s coming home... bonds maturing... unions trying to get back their higher ground... and all the while, we had to reconstruct Europe and Japan...
"The President, while Governor, advocated solvent liberalism... he didn't like the out of control New Deal, but wasn't against the idea of it... he wanted government to be able to pay for the programs which people needed... and that was what he termed the 'Fair Deal.'"
-Frank Moore
"The President, while Governor, advocated solvent liberalism... he didn't like the out of control New Deal, but wasn't against the idea of it... he wanted government to be able to pay for the programs which people needed... and that was what he termed the 'Fair Deal.'"
-Frank Moore