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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC Aug 6

    Hiroshima, today 1945, as reported by New York Times:pic.twitter.com/SN6umfkHEm

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      2. Mary M Schweitzer‏ @DocMary75 Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        1/ Most people truly did not understand how different this bomb was - they just thought it was a great big bomb. They had already firebombed cities, something my uncle found horrific, as he wrote my Mom, shortly before his death the bomber plane he piloted went down.

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      3. Mary M Schweitzer‏ @DocMary75 Aug 6
        Replying to @DocMary75 @BeschlossDC

        2/ I can understand Hiroshima, but there was no reason for Nagasaki except to field test a different version and impress the Russians in the process. But yes, I pray no version of a nuclear weapon is ever used again. I wish we could forget how to make them.

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      1. Nicola Nelson‏ @NicolaN425 Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        May we never, ever forget the horror of Hiroshima.

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      1. Leah Krevit  💙‏ @leahkrevit Aug 6
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        And the world was forever altered. #NeverAgain #RememberHiroshima 💔pic.twitter.com/BKoBGPw7p6

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      1. Cait Bresláin‏ @caitbreslain Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I hope the world will never see that sort of weapon used again. Also: I'm going with, one week. One week before trump begins routinely using the word "foe" & the phrase "rain of fire" in his tweets and/or off-the-cuff remarks.

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      2. traininvain‏ @traininvain Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I think people forget that the human cost of an invasion of Japan would have been greater than that of the destruction the two bombs. Also, if it hadn't been used then there is a good chance it would have been used eventually and the toll might have been greater

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      1. Dennis Depew‏ @dddesq Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Great decision to drop both bombs. Japan would not have surrendered after only one. US casualties would have been immense with an invasion and Japanese casualties would have been even higher. Also served as a reminder of why such bombs should never be used again.

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      1. Caek Islove  🍰 💖‏ @caekislove Aug 6
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        Major Bong. Heh, heh, heh

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      1. Stephen W. Hudson‏ @StephenWHudson1 Aug 6
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        Very cool but dont sleep on the heroes of the telemark news in the middle column.

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      1. The Flying Piranha‏ @Coqui6190 Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @Beertheist

        One of the reasons that I’m here. My dad was on a PT boat in the Philippines and would have been part of any invasion. I’ve heard estimated US casualties in the first wave were 1 million dead. No idea if that number is accurate though.

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      1. Rebecca Kihlman‏ @JustKihl Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        [New age ushered. That’s fit to print. Three cents.] In 2018 this is just another Tuesday and not even today’s biggest news.

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      1. Laura Brown‏ @socalaura Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Sadly, this action was popular with a lot of Americans who demonized the Other. Have we evolved past this idea? Sad to see Trump keep up his rants against Mexicans, immigrants and other boogeymen

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      1. KJ‏ @K_Jay_s Aug 6
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        Fake newspic.twitter.com/f3e6JsaLPS

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      1. Rob‏ @RobPart12 Aug 7
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        Also, RIP, Major Bong.

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      1. I am the exit‏ @vongeist_ Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I hate to be that one person but... Major Bong...

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      1. suzsolon‏ @SuzanneAubin Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Reminder - and warning - yes, things could be worse

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      1. Michael Kozlowski‏ @mikozlowski Aug 6
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        FIRE AND FURY

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      1. Michael Snow‏ @MichaelSnow10 Aug 6
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        https://zeitgeistcontext.wordpress.com/2018/07/21/human-slaughter/ …pic.twitter.com/Azl93SJrdO

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