Anyone see "Oppenheimer" film?
07-25-2023, 12:54 PM
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I am going to see it later this week. I have heard the Allies win.
On a more serious note, my father was in Europe after VE Day, being trained for hand to hand combat in the streets of Tokyo. If the two bombs dropped had not worked, the odds were good my father and at least a million GIs would have been killed. I never would have been born. It is personal to me.
On a more serious note, my father was in Europe after VE Day, being trained for hand to hand combat in the streets of Tokyo. If the two bombs dropped had not worked, the odds were good my father and at least a million GIs would have been killed. I never would have been born. It is personal to me.
07-25-2023, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
I am going to see it later this week. I have heard the Allies win.
On a more serious note, my father was in Europe after VE Day, being trained for hand to hand combat in the streets of Tokyo. If the two bombs dropped had not worked, the odds were good my father and at least a million GIs would have been killed. I never would have been born. It is personal to me.
On a more serious note, my father was in Europe after VE Day, being trained for hand to hand combat in the streets of Tokyo. If the two bombs dropped had not worked, the odds were good my father and at least a million GIs would have been killed. I never would have been born. It is personal to me.
07-25-2023, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
You do realize that the Japanese government was trying to surrender before the bombs were dropped, right?
Even after the second bomb, most of the generals and admirals were unwilling to surrender on these terms. Only when the Emperor overruled them, was an unconditional surrender agreed to.
What caused him to change his position was the massive destruction of his people, with a single bomb. And it happened twice. He said he could not take it.
It was leaked one of the future locations for a bomb drop was over his palace in Tokyo.
This has been documented. It is factual.
07-25-2023, 06:53 PM
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Christopher Nolan is one of the all-time greats, but I'd have to rate this as one of his lower movies between Insomnia and Dunkirk. Certainly not a bad film, mind you.
I think the main problem was that it was more about Oppenheimer the man than The Manhattan Project. Honestly, the latter is a lot more interesting.
I think the main problem was that it was more about Oppenheimer the man than The Manhattan Project. Honestly, the latter is a lot more interesting.
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