PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agoAnother can of sunshine for the German gentleman, please!media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down113
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minus-squareUltraMagnus0001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoI think it had to be a sneak attack, because planes didn’t have the long range they have now, so warning your enemies about the bomb would enable the to prepare.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoThere were warnings before bombings of some Japanese cities, and likely/possibly before the Hiroshima bomb was dropped. It’s not clear if leaflets were dropped before the Nagasaki bomb however. https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/key-documents/warning-leaflets/
I think it had to be a sneak attack, because planes didn’t have the long range they have now, so warning your enemies about the bomb would enable the to prepare.
There were warnings before bombings of some Japanese cities, and likely/possibly before the Hiroshima bomb was dropped.
It’s not clear if leaflets were dropped before the Nagasaki bomb however.
https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/key-documents/warning-leaflets/