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August 6, 1945: Enola Gay drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Posted on 8/6/19 at 7:10 am
Posted on 8/6/19 at 7:10 am
Check in this thread if your team has won a football national title in the nuclear age!
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Posted on 8/6/19 at 7:17 am to NocaHomas Teepee
Checking in for all 8 countries who publicly have a nuke.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 7:21 am to MoarKilometers
Posted on 8/6/19 at 7:31 am to NocaHomas Teepee
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." ~ Bhagavad Gita
This topic could make for a helluva philosophical discussion.
This topic could make for a helluva philosophical discussion.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 7:40 am to NocaHomas Teepee
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August 6, 1945
Good day to be an American.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:36 am to scrooster
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"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." ~ Bhagavad Gita
Great Carlin podcast.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:46 am to TideSaint
Yep. Still the only country in world history to drop a nuclear bomb on civilians. We fricking rock! Don’t forget to put up another post on Aug 9 since we did it twice!!
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:47 am to Tigerpaul1969
Your WW2 history is deficient it sounds.
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Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:51 am to NocaHomas Teepee
A sadly necessary day for humanity. God bless all those lost souls and those amazing Americans on that plane and on the ground.
And thank God that Japan and America have the best relationship of any Asian- Western country.
3 nattys since then !
And thank God that Japan and America have the best relationship of any Asian- Western country.
3 nattys since then !
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:52 am to DownSouthJukin
From Wikipedia:
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The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:54 am to TideSaint
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Good day to be an American.
If you a white male, then yea. Country still sucked for women & minorities back then.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:55 am to Tigerpaul1969
Thank God both sides have moved on in the spirit of brotherhood. A testament to the National character of BOTH sides. We couldn’t ask for more than peace and prosperity.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:56 am to Tigerpaul1969
quote:The Japanese should have heeded your instructions. They didn't and the collateral damage was wide and far reaching.
Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:57 am to jj06
Oh and for he Catholics on the board, here’s what happened to the main Cathedral for Catholics in Japan, St. Mary’s aka Urakami Cathedral:
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The atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 detonated in Urakami only 500 m (1640 ft) from the cathedral, completely destroying it. As the Feast of the Assumption of Mary (August 15) was near, Mass was held on the day and was well attended. The resultant collapse and heat-wave cindered and buried all those present in the Cathedral.[5] The destruction of the cathedral hit the religious community of Nagasaki the hardest, as they viewed it as a loss of spirituality. It had such an impact, that noted playwright Tanaka Chikao wrote his most successful play, Head of Mary, about the efforts of Christians in Nagasaki to reconstitute their faith by rebuilding the Virgin Mary.[
Posted on 8/6/19 at 10:00 am to Tigerpaul1969
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The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
I think we're all pretty aware of when and what happened. My issue is your emphasis on the bombing of civilians.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 10:04 am to NocaHomas Teepee
108 years ago today, Lucille Desiree Ball was born in Jamestown, New York...the greatest comedic actress in Hollywood history.
She was a tough, but very good businesswoman...loyal and caring to a fault to all her employees.
I had the honor of meeting her twice back on the old Desilu Studio lot, just after she sold Desilu Studios to Gulf+Western and was merged into the current Paramount Pictures studio organization (where I've worked for what seems a thousand years now).
Interestingly, Lucille never thought of herself as being funny...only being good at "acting funny". The late, great actors Red Skelton and Buster Keaton taught her the fine art of comedy in the late 1940's after her career in MGM and RKO dramas wasn't taking off.
As we all know, the rest is history...
Happy Birthday, Lucy!
She was a tough, but very good businesswoman...loyal and caring to a fault to all her employees.
I had the honor of meeting her twice back on the old Desilu Studio lot, just after she sold Desilu Studios to Gulf+Western and was merged into the current Paramount Pictures studio organization (where I've worked for what seems a thousand years now).
Interestingly, Lucille never thought of herself as being funny...only being good at "acting funny". The late, great actors Red Skelton and Buster Keaton taught her the fine art of comedy in the late 1940's after her career in MGM and RKO dramas wasn't taking off.
As we all know, the rest is history...
Happy Birthday, Lucy!
This post was edited on 8/6/19 at 10:08 am
Posted on 8/6/19 at 10:05 am to Tigerpaul1969
There are great Nagasaki/Hiroshima oral histories out there for those interested. Sadly far fewer oral histories of the many multiples of civilians massacred in Nanking and elsewhere. Btw, I had elderly Japanese friends and students ( men and women) 50 years after the fact who served in China and elsewhere . Just human beings caught in a historical maelstrom.
Thankfully it’s almost 100 years in the past.
Thankfully it’s almost 100 years in the past.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 10:06 am to Lsupimp
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Thank God both sides have moved on in the spirit of brotherhood. A testament to the National character of BOTH sides. We couldn’t ask for more than peace and prosperity.
Yep. It was a terrible thing but even many Japanese now recognize that what the Japanese leaders and military were doing made it necessary. For those who think the US was wrong in dropping the bombs should really read up on Japanese war crimes during WWII. It might shock you.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 10:10 am to DownSouthJukin
If the pussys that are around today were in charge then, then there is no way we would have won WWII. The bombs that were dropped on Japan saved more lives than were lost, both American and Japanese. Many “civilians”lost lives in WWII. Many Americans that are alive today that are bitching would not have been born if the bombs were not dropped. You’re father/grandfather/great-grandfather would have died in the invasion of Japan, including most Japanese civilians.
This post was edited on 8/6/19 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 8/6/19 at 10:11 am to Tigerpaul1969
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Don’t forget to put up another post on Aug 9 since we did it twice!!
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