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Bombing of Dresden

 

Dresden: The World War Two Bombing 75 years on - BBC

 

Remembering Dresden: 70 years after the Firebombing - The Atlantic (a lot of visuals)

Dresden was a civilian town with no military significance. Why did we burn its people? - The Telegraph

The Legacy of Dresden - The Guardian

The United States should have bombed Auschwitz.

The United States and the Holocaust: Why Auschwitz was not bombed - Holocaust Encyclopedia (U.S .Holocaust Memorial)

Why Auschwitz was never bombed - Commentary Magazine

Auschwitz Bombing Controversy: Could the Allies have bombed Auschwitz-Birkenau? - Jewish Virtual Library

Why the allies didn't bomb Auschwitz - The Guardian 

Emperor Hirohito should have been punished for war crimes after WWII.

Emperor Hirohito - Atomic Heritage Foundation

The Nuremberg Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Trials (1945–1948) - Department of State (Office of the Historian)

War Responsibility and Historical Memory: Hirohito's Apparition - The Asia-Pacific Journal 

Hirohito shunned war criminal shrine - The Guardian

Aide’s Diary Suggests Hirohito Agonized Over His War Responsibility - NYTIMES

The bombing of Hiroshima did not cause the Japanese to surrender. 

 

The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan . . . Stalin Did - Foreign Policy Magazine

Debate over Japanese Surrender - Atomic Heritage Foundation

The War Was Won Before Hiroshima -- And the Generals Who Dropped the Bomb Knew It - The Nation 

Did Nuclear Weapons Cause Japan to Surrender? - Carnegie Council 

If the Atomic Bomb Had Not Been Dropped - The Atlantic

The Manhattan Project, an interactive history - U.S. Department of Energy

 

 

The survivors of the Nanjing Massacre deserve compensation from Japan

70 Years Later, Struggle for Nanking Massacre Justice Continues - The Atlantic

Hundreds of Chinese Families Seek Wartime Compensation from Japan - Reuters 

Japan Blasts Chinese Bid for U.N. Recognition of Nanjing Massacre - Reuters

Japan Should Pay for Individuals' Suffering - L.A. Times 

What Japanese History Leaves Out - BBC

 

 

The US was not justified in using nuclear weapons to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

70 years later, opinions have shifted on use of atomic bomb - Pew Research

Hiroshima; Justified Bombing? A Survivor's Reply - NYTIMES 

If the atomic bomb had not been used - The Atlantic

Truman was right to drop the atomic bomb - U.S. News Commentary 

WW2: Was it right to bomb Hiroshima? - BBC

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: necessary evil or just evil - The Perspective

How to justify Hiroshima - Current Affairs 

Atomic Bomb; Truman Press Release, August, 6, 1945 - Harry S. Truman Library 

 

Switzerland was a neutral nation during World War II.

 

New York Times 

Anti-Defamation League 

Europe: Was Switzerland Really Neutral During World War II? - Radio Free Europe

The Sinister Face of Neutrality - Frontline PBS

Switzerland Takes a Side for Neutrality -  Time Magazine

The US should have entered the war before the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Japan, China, the United States and the Road to Pearl Harbor, 1937–41 - Office of the Historian (State Department) 

Take a closer look: America goes to war - National WWII Museum 

The Great Debate - National WWII Museum

How America changed after Pearl Harbor - U.S. News 

How did public opinion about entering World War II change between 1939 - 1941? - U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 

75 year ago, what is Japan never attacked Pearl Harbor? - Chicago Tribune

 

 

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