Timeline for How many lives were estimated to have been saved by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs?
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| Aug 21, 2015 at 18:56 | comment | added | Mason Wheeler | I dunno about Truman's team's estimates at the time, but one figure to throw in: a significant fraction of the population of Korea, and to a lesser extent, its neighbors. The only reason we didn't use the A-bomb in the Korean war is because we did use it in Japan, and then afterwards had time to observe the long-term consequences. | |
| Jun 16, 2015 at 16:40 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 16, 2015 at 16:35 | history | protected | MCW♦ | ||
| Jun 16, 2015 at 16:34 | comment | added | MCW♦ | I don't think it is possible to improve on T.E.D's answer. That answer provides estimates for casualties and basis' for those estimates; that answers OP's question. Political discussion based on varying assumptions is probably out of scope for this forum. If there is a new estimate based on a sound methodology that has been peer reviewed, it would supplement T.E.D's answer, but apart from that, I think the question is answered. | |
| S Jun 16, 2015 at 15:43 | history | suggested | Malady | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Returning the idea of estimation into the title
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| Apr 2, 2014 at 13:46 | comment | added | Kobunite | Personally, I think this isn't about alternative history. The question is about estimations made by the US Military before dropping the bombs and if modern historians agree with the benefit of hindsight. If it weren't for that, it would be alternative history - but as asked I feel this is in scope. | |
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| Apr 1, 2014 at 0:56 | answer | added | NL7 | timeline score: 4 | |
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| Sep 23, 2013 at 18:43 | answer | added | ZeekLTK | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 21, 2013 at 23:05 | answer | added | Barry | timeline score: 8 | |
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| Sep 19, 2013 at 17:56 | comment | added | user2590 | I voted to close: This question is about alternative history. and can be answered only by speculation and guesstimation. The A Bomb was used, so we can never know what would have been had it not been used. Wars are notoriously unpredictable - there is no telling what would have been the outcome had the USA not used the A Bomb. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 17:09 | history | edited | MCW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The misplaced modifier was driving me nuts
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| Sep 19, 2013 at 14:13 | answer | added | T.E.D.♦ | timeline score: 45 | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 13:32 | history | edited | Lennart Regebro | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Time travel makes for tricky grammar.
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| Sep 19, 2013 at 13:31 | comment | added | Lennart Regebro | The questions in the body text can be answered. I'll change the title to reflect this. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 13:20 | history | edited | yannis |
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| Sep 19, 2013 at 5:12 | comment | added | Publius | The answers vary wildly, is the problem. According to Thomas Childers in his lecture on WWII in the teaching company, most estimated that hundreds of thousands or even millions of Japanese and American lives were saved, though at least one estimate thought that an invasion would end up with a few tens of thousands fewer deaths. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 3:24 | comment | added | user1873 | @Avi, the first question can be answered (Truman obviously was basing his "thousands of lives" off of some military analysts projections) The second part cannot be answered definitely, but it can be answered. (I don't know who would be considered an authority on the matter, suggestions?) Good answers will cite experts that back up their figures with troop numbers, planned attacks, etc. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 3:14 | comment | added | Publius | I don't know how well this can be answered given that there's still some expert dispute, though many estimates put it in the millions | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 2:45 | history | asked | user1873 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |