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In an address to the National Geographic Society on January * 25, 1946, Admiral Nimitz again said: The atomic bomb merely hastened a process already reaching an inevitable conclusion. *. *. *. 5
Admiral William D. * Leahy, in his book, says: .*. *. It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons. It was my reaction that the scientists and others wanted to make this test because of the vast sums that had been spent on the project. *. *. *. 6
It is desirable for the record also to call attention to the observations on the dropping of the bomb by other leaders of the time. Lord Hankey, a member of the British War Cabinet, states: .*. *. the Leaders of the Western Allies decided at Potsdam in July, 1945, to resort to the ultimate expedient of the atomic bomb. It was a strange and risky decision. They knew that the bomb was the most cruel and deadly weapon that had ever been produced, and that its effects would fall indiscriminately on civilian and military targets. They knew that Japan had already approached Russia with a view to peace discussions. They knew that Russia was on the point of declaring war on Japan. Yet in this fatuous fight for a phrase, they would not pause to seek some more normal means of obtaining the terms they needed, nor would they wait to learn the effect of the Russian declaration of war. There is no published evidence to show that they even inquired whether the use of the bomb was consistent with international law. *. *. *. .*. *. If the enemy had solved the atomic problem and used the bomb first, its employment would have been included in the allied list of war crimes, and those who took the decision or who prepared and used the bomb, would have been condemned and hanged. 7
Mr. * Hanson Baldwin, one of our great military students and a man of conscience, summarized the thoughts of many when he said: The utilization of the atomic bomb against a prostrate and defeated Japan in the closing days of the war exemplifies— even more graphically than any of the mistakes previously recounted— the narrow, astigmatic concentration of our planners upon one goal, and one alone: victory.
Hoover, Herbert; Nash, George H. (2011-11-07). Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath (pp. 567-568). Hoover Institution Press. Kindle Edition.
Admiral William D. * Leahy, in his book, says: .*. *. It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons. It was my reaction that the scientists and others wanted to make this test because of the vast sums that had been spent on the project. *. *. *. 6
It is desirable for the record also to call attention to the observations on the dropping of the bomb by other leaders of the time. Lord Hankey, a member of the British War Cabinet, states: .*. *. the Leaders of the Western Allies decided at Potsdam in July, 1945, to resort to the ultimate expedient of the atomic bomb. It was a strange and risky decision. They knew that the bomb was the most cruel and deadly weapon that had ever been produced, and that its effects would fall indiscriminately on civilian and military targets. They knew that Japan had already approached Russia with a view to peace discussions. They knew that Russia was on the point of declaring war on Japan. Yet in this fatuous fight for a phrase, they would not pause to seek some more normal means of obtaining the terms they needed, nor would they wait to learn the effect of the Russian declaration of war. There is no published evidence to show that they even inquired whether the use of the bomb was consistent with international law. *. *. *. .*. *. If the enemy had solved the atomic problem and used the bomb first, its employment would have been included in the allied list of war crimes, and those who took the decision or who prepared and used the bomb, would have been condemned and hanged. 7
Mr. * Hanson Baldwin, one of our great military students and a man of conscience, summarized the thoughts of many when he said: The utilization of the atomic bomb against a prostrate and defeated Japan in the closing days of the war exemplifies— even more graphically than any of the mistakes previously recounted— the narrow, astigmatic concentration of our planners upon one goal, and one alone: victory.
Hoover, Herbert; Nash, George H. (2011-11-07). Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath (pp. 567-568). Hoover Institution Press. Kindle Edition.
