This to Fleurpepper, re that disgraceful nonsense about the end of WW2. Firstly, Germany initiated the bombing of civilians, in Poland and Holland, and went on to the Blitz here. They can have no complaints about any bombing they suffered anywhere. This country was exhausted by the end of WW2, they had to do whatever they could to get the war over (my father was in various campaigns, middle east, Crete, and Italy).
In the Far East, Japans's forces had taken extreme efforts to winkle them out of jungle and island strongholds, the whole area had suffered enough, and the atomic bombs were needed to shorten a war that could have extended for many months. The Japanese leadership were offered chances to surrender -- and very oddly, despite your claims that defeat was a certainty, they chose more than once NOT to surrender. How very good of you to decide that the families of other people should have suffered bereavements to quell that evil whilst easing your conscience?
The nearly 80 years since the end of that war has seen assorted authors writing all sorts of twaddle to try and rewrite history, and more importantly get a payday. There's no need for you to worsen their already regrettable efforts.
