Re: Paul Tibbets finally gets a face-to-face with the population of Hiroshima!

George Z. Bush wrote:

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For the benefit of revisionists who weren't around at the time, the Nagasaki A-bomb was dropped to convince the Japanese that the Hiroshima bomb was not a fluke and that the remainder of their cities were at serious risk of destruction.

The second bomb was used because things were on autopilot and the second bomb was to be used as soon as it was ready for use.

There was no deliberative decision to use the second bomb for any particular reason other than that was what the op plan called for.

On August 10, Truman, perhaps a bit appalled by what had transpired, took back control of nuclear weapons and directed that no more be used without his personal and express authorization.


Cheers,

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