RE: First atomic bomb - 58 years ago today

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

>From a strateic standpoint, cities are military

targets.  They are the focus of industial production

and transportation hubs.  Also, with large civilian

casualties, a nation's war-production capabilities is

reduced.



I believe the Arthur "Bomber" Harris, who ran he

British stategic bombing campaign, was the only

British general who did not get the Victoria Cross at

the end of WWII.





--- "NIXON, Grant (Kanata)" <GNIXON@MDS.Nordion.com>

wrote:

> 

> I have received several direct emails in response to

> my comments, all on a

> similar vein. Thank you for these.

> 

> It is obvious that Hiroshima, Nagasaki, or any other

> major city, can be

> considered as forming an integral part of the

> military/industrial complex.

> However, I am sure that good arguments to this

> effect could be made

> regardless of the city chosen, so long as the

> population was large enough.

> 

> I was under the impression that the detonation

> points were selected based of

> incurring the most civilian casualties, not the most

> damage to military

> targets. I think that clarification or correction on

> that particular point

> would be most informative.

> 

. . .



=====

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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