In Reply to: The Atom Bomb wasn't ready yet posted by Tom Brennan on June 25, 2007 at 14:45:50:
"The bomb was still a couple of months away when Germany was beaten."
Certainly, when the allies defeated Germany. But when the time came to parse the European pie, which was after the Japanese defeat, America had developed the bomb. How long would it have taken America to build another? I suspect that the U.S. could have built another in sufficient time to land one in the Soviet Union. The question is, though, would the Soviet Union have receded from the Eastern Block territories if they knew Truman would drop one on them?
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- RE: The Atom Bomb wasn't ready yet - jamesgarvin 15:39:27 06/25/07 (5)
- RE: The Atom Bomb wasn't ready yet - Tom Brennan 17:45:16 06/25/07 (4)
- RE: The Atom Bomb wasn't ready yet - jamesgarvin 07:54:22 06/26/07 (3)
- "I am curious as to what interest we had in fighting Germany." Good question. - clarkjohnsen 08:15:37 06/26/07 (2)
- An unanswered question too, so far. Who will go for it I wonder... nt - clarkjohnsen 09:27:49 06/27/07 (1)
- here is your starter for 10... - dave c 14:30:31 06/27/07 (0)