For the most part, I don't think Los Alamos (where the atomic bomb was developed) really had much of an understanding of radiation effects. I don't think Truman knew anything about radiation.
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Morris Jeppson, 87, one of the crew members aboard the Enola Gay, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug 6, 1945, saying he didn’t know the effects of radiation from the bomb would be so serious. (Mainichi Daily News)
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neverknow2
HAHA
Yeah they thought it would just make a loud noise and then Japan would surrender from hearing such a loud noise. The Americans didn't want any civilians to die.
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combinibento
Of course they didn't anticipate the effects. There had never been such a thing until then.
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shinjukuboy
Still trying to rewrite history are we? Using the "well, we didn't know" excuse. I'm sure this makes it easier to live with yourself considering what you did.
All this was well known and anticipated.
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neverknow2
..and planned.
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