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Originally Posted by zen_tom
No, it would apparently take about 8 days.
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Or a second nuke.
Potsdam Declaration:
26 July 1945
Hiroshima:
03 August 1945 (Eight days later)
Nagasaki:
06 August 1945
Japanese surrender:
02 September 1945
By the way, the U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese sub, and sank on July 30, 1945. Hundreds of lives were lost, including many who were eaten by sharks, while their buddies floated nearby, powerless to assist.
Exactly how much longer would you have preferred that our soldiers keep dying, when we had the means to prevent it?