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Summer of Trinity - Epilogue
A few final thoughts on the Summer of Trinity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._McVay_III
Walter Griffith, the commander of USS Bullhead, who had departed the ship just before its final voyage that summer, also committed suicide, two years before McVay - and with more definite connection to the loss of his men.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_T._Griffith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall - the plan to invade Japan in November 1945.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_World_Series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Series
As recorded, my reason for why Little Boy and Fat Man were dropped sounds like I agree with that - at least, it sounds like that more than I intended. Really, though, my view is more of an acknowledgement of the inevitability of the war machine which built those weapons. The decision to use them, in my view, was less about particular reasons and more about why they were made: To win the war. Whether they were needed to win the war was irrelevant by the end, and trying to assess the "need" to drop them is missing that important point.
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By Patrick Bowman
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A few final thoughts on the Summer of Trinity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._McVay_III
Walter Griffith, the commander of USS Bullhead, who had departed the ship just before its final voyage that summer, also committed suicide, two years before McVay - and with more definite connection to the loss of his men.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_T._Griffith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall - the plan to invade Japan in November 1945.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_World_Series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Series
As recorded, my reason for why Little Boy and Fat Man were dropped sounds like I agree with that - at least, it sounds like that more than I intended. Really, though, my view is more of an acknowledgement of the inevitability of the war machine which built those weapons. The decision to use them, in my view, was less about particular reasons and more about why they were made: To win the war. Whether they were needed to win the war was irrelevant by the end, and trying to assess the "need" to drop them is missing that important point.