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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (42246)	12/1/2003 6:10:15 PM
From: Mike M2	Read Replies (1) of 74559

OT, Ray there was a faction in the Japanese military that attempted a coup to prevent the surrender. Talk to any combat vet of the Pacific and they will tell you few Japs surrendered and some really would blow themselves up rather than surrender. The cost of taking Okinowa for both sides was staggering - a good indication of the what the US faced if it invaded the mainland. The US only has enough material to build two bombs so if a demonstration failed to convince them to surrender the US would have lost tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands during an invasion. We hear so much about the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki but so little about the rampant war crimes committed on a huge scale by the Japs - Rape of Nan King , Bio Weapons experiments at Unit 731 , Bataan Death march , treatment of POWs. The Japanese staked out prisoners to test the effectiveness of explosives and munitions. They would let doctors practice surgery on healthy prisoners without anesthsia. They were an EVIL people and I have little sympathy for evil people. BTW the Russians lost 300,000 men taking Berlin - just imagine the cost of invading Japan. mike

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