Comments on: Hell yeah, finally dead: Paul Tibbets http://blog.assarbad.net/20071103/hell-yeah-finally-dead-paul-tibbets/ Programming, reverse engineering and anything else as well ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:25:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Oliver http://blog.assarbad.net/20071103/hell-yeah-finally-dead-paul-tibbets/#comment-26353 Oliver Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:36:11 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20071103/hell-yeah-finally-dead-paul-tibbets/#comment-26353 You know that the Japanese were actually sending "signals" that they wanted to capitulate <strong>before</strong> the bombs were dropped and that the Japanese couldn't use official channels for that because of their code of honor and the Tenno (Japanese emperor) and so on? And by chance you've also heard of the fact that the Japanese had looted a sh*tload of gold and other treasures during their wars in S/E-Asia before the 2nd WW, which would have had to be shared with the Soviets if they had invaded Japan along with the US? Despite, Tibbets said there were three bombs overall. While the one on Hiroshima was dropped <em>after</em> the Japanese had attempted to find a modus of capitulation where their Tenno could save the face (through inofficial channels, of which records exist nevertheless), the third one got never dropped because of the capitulation. Yet the question remains why the heck was there a need for a second or (which luckily never happened) a third bomb? // Oliver PS: Nevertheless I find it cool to get an opinion on that topic from someone else. :) You know that the Japanese were actually sending “signals” that they wanted to capitulate before the bombs were dropped and that the Japanese couldn’t use official channels for that because of their code of honor and the Tenno (Japanese emperor) and so on? And by chance you’ve also heard of the fact that the Japanese had looted a sh*tload of gold and other treasures during their wars in S/E-Asia before the 2nd WW, which would have had to be shared with the Soviets if they had invaded Japan along with the US?

Despite, Tibbets said there were three bombs overall. While the one on Hiroshima was dropped after the Japanese had attempted to find a modus of capitulation where their Tenno could save the face (through inofficial channels, of which records exist nevertheless), the third one got never dropped because of the capitulation. Yet the question remains why the heck was there a need for a second or (which luckily never happened) a third bomb?

// Oliver

PS: Nevertheless I find it cool to get an opinion on that topic from someone else. :)

]]> By: Kirk http://blog.assarbad.net/20071103/hell-yeah-finally-dead-paul-tibbets/#comment-26338 Kirk Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:21:42 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20071103/hell-yeah-finally-dead-paul-tibbets/#comment-26338 And if it weren't for the bravery of Paul Tibbets and his crew, and his commanding officers, all the way to the Chief Executive, we would be speaking Japaneze right now and saluting to the Japanese Flag. And if it weren’t for the bravery of Paul Tibbets and his crew, and his commanding officers, all the way to the Chief Executive, we would be speaking Japaneze right now and saluting to the Japanese Flag.

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