From: Tom Holloway (tom.holloway@u3a.org.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 12 1999 - 14:38:17 PDT
On 11 April 1999 21:06, MaryHaas@aol.com [SMTP:MaryHaas@aol.com] wrote:
> We never know the real truth of what was attempted and what really
happened.
> Yes, we have been told stories and the number of lives saved did increase
True - and this is the case for _both_ sides. For example, there is rarely
any discussion of the terrible damage done in the Tokyo Fire-storm raid of
March 1945, which did more damage than either the Hiroshima or Nagasaki
bombs. Here are the best figures on the atomic bomb attacks and the Tokyo
fire raid ( data from the US Strategic Bombing Survey, Japanese official
counts, and U.S. government / military documents assessing the damage caused
by these weapons. )
Hiroshima Nagasaki Tokyo Fire Raid
Dead 73,000 45,000 83,783
Wounded 70,000 40,000 102,000
Total Casualties 143,000 85,000 185,783
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Tom Holloway
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