http://www.historynet.com/the-bombing-of-germany-on-pbs.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/the-bombing-of-germany-on-pbs.htm#comment-626917 Ed Jacoutot Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:21:34 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681954#comment-626917 I have always wondered why instead of dropping atomic bombs on any city in Japan a bomb could not have been dropped in the ocean just outside the entrance to Tokyo Bay where millions - and most significatnt, the most important leaders of Japan would see the effects of the destructive power of this new bomb. Immediately afterward a great leaflet raid could have taken place to "inform" the leaders and the Japances people what was in store if they did not rapidly end the war. Did the death of most the civilian populations of two cities need to be done to send this message? I have always wondered why instead of dropping atomic bombs on any city in Japan a bomb could not have been dropped in the ocean just outside the entrance to Tokyo Bay where millions – and most significatnt, the most important leaders of Japan would see the effects of the destructive power of this new bomb. Immediately afterward a great leaflet raid could have taken place to "inform" the leaders and the Japances people what was in store if they did not rapidly end the war. Did the death of most the civilian populations of two cities need to be done to send this message?

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-bombing-of-germany-on-pbs.htm#comment-191548 Peter Showerman Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:36:08 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681954#comment-191548 I believe the two A bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were Little Boy and Fat Man, respectively, not Fat Boy and Little Man. I believe the two A bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were Little Boy and Fat Man, respectively, not Fat Boy and Little Man.

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