Comments by "vk2ig" (@vk2ig) on "Third Atomic Bomb Attack - Japan 1945" video.

  1. Indeed. MacArthur recognised that he needed the Emperor alive and in place in order to pacify Japan - a small tactical trade-off for a great strategic victory.
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  2. My grandmother was the wife of a soldier who returned from North Africa as a TPI; and the sister-in-law of two others: one who was imprisoned by the Japanese in Malaya, and another who never returned from Tobruk. The only thing she ever said about the war was this: "You would dread the telegram boy turning into the top of the street ... and a damn lot of people in our street got telegrams!" She died only a week or so before Hirohito.
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  3. In contrast, the comments sections of YouTube videos let people fly their true colours. Some of those people will have an interesting time defending their actions in about a decade when there's sufficient computing power to link a "fake" YouTube subscriber name to a real person. Anonymity is great to hide behind until technology comes up with a new equivalent of an x-ray machine.
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  4. You need to factor the dislike of the USA into one of the prime reasons why certain people continue to argue against the position stated in Dr. Felton's video.
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  5. Thank you for a most informative video, Dr Felton. And your last question is one which many in this ongoing debate seem unable to answer.
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  6. Daring Mark Felton on history is a bit like a history version of "Do you think you're fast enough, bartender?"
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  7. My great uncle got to come home because of Truman's actions - he had been captured in Malaya and was a guest of the Japanese for the remainder of the war.
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