VJ Day (Victory over Japan)

[TonyB]

And the bomb was one of the biggest gambles in history,they spent years and untold manhours...on several different tracks at once,hoping one might be successful....ended up with two different bombs - ending the war in Japan was a gift to see if they might do a little damage.

I have a book at home (History of WWII I think) that claims that the scientists involved thought there was a possibility that The Bomb would crack the earths crust. But they dropped it anyway. Now THATS a gamble!

[SARGE]

$1,000,000,000 for two bangs. Big bangs though, like a double happy to the power of 1000.

thats what we call a " Texas Sized BBQ"

pass the tater salad please?

[Ixion]

I have a book at home (History of WWII I think) that claims that the scientists involved thought there was a possibility that The Bomb would crack the earths crust. But they dropped it anyway. Now THATS a gamble!

For a bang that big , I'd take the gamble. After all it's not as if we're a major planet.

[Indiana_Jones]

I want to the parade in the city with Magua,

-Indy

[Magua]

I want to the parade in the city with Magua,

-Indy

I enjoyed it, I thought it was kinda small to be honest. They should of ended it in the Aotea Square rather than outside the town hall with the wind howling by.
There was a mint old skool british bike there, left a big oil patch after being parked up for like 30 mins. We arrived a little late and chased the parade up queen st on foot.

[Timber020]

I worked with the youth at risk program in the USA and have to say that the "Right to bear arms" thing has to be the single most damaging peice of legislation this side of the old days of slavery.

I found it hard to take that so redneck idiots can have the ego trip of packing a glock 40 everywhere their webbed toes will take them, I get to work with an 8 year old kids who needs to learn to walk again after a treeA had shattered their body. Dont get my wrong, I love firearms, but once you start seeing such effect culling of youth, you start to take a step back.

Sad to see that the WW2 veterans are getting so few. They gave so much and over the years have asked for so little. We owe them alot.

[SARGE]

Yeah OK, when you badasses stop shooting each other in deer season.
Or registering your disapproval of a lane change with a 9mm. Then you can start on the crybabies.

how else do you register your disapproval with a lane change??? ( i prefer a .45 personally.. 9mm's bounce off windscreens)

[WINJA]

I KNOW AN INVASION WAS CLOSER THAN PEOPLE THINK , LUCKY FOR US THE AMERICANS DROPPED THOSE BOMBS AND ENEDED IT ALL , I KNOW SOME THINK THOSE BOMBS WERE ATROUCIOUS BUT FUCK JAPAN THEY DESERVED IT AND BACK THEN IT WAS WAR , I HAVE A JAPANESE PARTNER SO IN A WAY IM LIKE MY OLD GREAT UNCLE BILL WHO FOUGHT IN THAT WAR (WE BOTH FUCKED SOME JAPS)

[SARGE]

I worked with the youth at risk program in the USA and have to say that the "Right to bear arms" thing has to be the single most damaging peice of legislation this side of the old days of slavery.

I found it hard to take that so redneck idiots can have the ego trip of packing a glock 40 everywhere their webbed toes will take them, I get to work with an 8 year old kids who needs to learn to walk again after a treeA had shattered their body. Dont get my wrong, I love firearms, but once you start seeing such effect culling of youth, you start to take a step back.

Sad to see that the WW2 veterans are getting so few. They gave so much and over the years have asked for so little. We owe them alot.

the right to bear arms is not legislation.. it is a part of the US constitution, and it is meant to keep the US Militia strong and ready (the citizens are the last line of defense) also to take the govt back if need be....

yes.. a few assclowns own guns over there.. yes innocents die and get injured every year.. but i would rather have them then not have them.

[mstriumph]

Ixion, i luv u to BITS but i gotta confess that there are times when i disBEAR .....[an this is one of 'em]

You shouldn't have bear arms when riding a bike. A good leather or Cordura jacket, covering the arms, and gloves. Unless you are a B.E.A.R.

[Lou Girardin]

I have a book at home (History of WWII I think) that claims that the scientists involved thought there was a possibility that The Bomb would crack the earths crust. But they dropped it anyway. Now THATS a gamble!

They tested it in New Mexico first.

[Lou Girardin]

the right to bear arms is not legislation.. it is a part of the US constitution, and it is meant to keep the US Militia strong and ready (the citizens are the last line of defense) also to take the govt back if need be....

A bit of creative definition by some lawyers there. How can the entire population be defined as a militia?
And apart from that, when has the US ever been invaded. It's time that amendment was repealed for the sake of the populations mental health. (and physical)

[TLDV8]

I have a book at home (History of WWII I think) that claims that the scientists involved thought there was a possibility that The Bomb would crack the earths crust. But they dropped it anyway. Now THATS a gamble!

"Even before the bomb was tested, a second bomb was secretly dispatched to the Pacific for an attack on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Preparations for the test included the building of a steel tower that would suspend the bomb one hundred feet above ground. Many were apprehensive - there were concerns that the blast might launch a cataclysmic reaction in the upper atmosphere leading to world destruction. Some feared the consequences of radio-active fallout on civilian populations surrounding the test site. Still others feared the test would be an outright dud. Observers were sent to surrounding towns to monitor the results of the blast and medical teams were kept on alert. "

What cracks me up in general with this type of thread (and yes both my Father R.I.P and Step Father R.I.P fought in the Pacific in WW2) ...People seem to forget the numerous monuments in every city and town no matter how big or small devoted to the fallen New Zealanders who fought and died in "every" war....... and appreciated or not for their imput,the US was in WW1 for something like 8 months only entering when a passenger liner with munitions was sunk..again WW2 did not start in 1941 but 1939, and you can bet this country was one of the first to step across the line on all fronts,politics or not.
As for the US i believe they were invaded by the British,French and Spaniard's ? ..the Bare Arms thing simply got twisted around by rednecks who run around in the forest like little pissants with the belief the US government is out to get them

[Oscar]

And virtually no fuel to run them on.
IMHO the bombs were dropped to show Stalin who was boss. And to see what the effect was on a real target.

There are too many people reading too much into why the bombs were dropped and these ignore contemporary factors - an A-Bomb gave a chance to end a long bloody war sooner than otherwise. There is simply no evidence to suggest any other reason and also none that there was any argument about using it.


The simplest theory is usually the best.

[Oscar]

I have a book at home (History of WWII I think) that claims that the scientists involved thought there was a possibility that The Bomb would crack the earths crust. But they dropped it anyway. Now THATS a gamble!

There was also some concern as to whether the chain reaction would stop (!). Some scientists felt the first bomb test might consume all the flammable gases in the atmosphere...