ABC News: Lifting the Fog - The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1991)

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In 1945, the United States ushered in a new era of warfare when, near the close of World War II, they dropped atomic weapons on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the time, some questioned the wisdom and the necessity of such a drastic act, and nearly sixty years later historians and military scholars continue to debate this issue. Lifting The Fog -- The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a documentary (produced by the staff of ABC News) in which experts on World War II and nuclear physics weigh in with their opinions on this issue, alongside re-enactments of the meetings between president Harry S. Truman and his advisors which led to the fateful decision, based on Truman's own notes. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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	Kurt H.

6 out of 9 people found this review helpful

Biased psuedo documentary that argues that the atoms bombs did not need to be used because Japan would have probably surrendered anyway. This despite the fact that theere was an attempted coup in Japan even after the bombs were dropped and the Emporer did surrender. Also ignores the fact that the bombs prevented the Soviet invasion of Hokkaido that would have resulted in a Communist norther Japan as in Korea and Vietnam. The bombs were certainly terrible weapons that killed many Japanese civilians. But if one is intellectually honest Japan did start the war and had many opportunties to surrender once it became obvious they could not win. Japan chose to continue the war, and kill people (including civilians) and this resulted in the use of two atomic bombs. For a more authentic portrayal of true events rent Hiroshima (1995).

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	Paul C.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

This documentary shows that Japan had offered to surrender before the bomb was dropped as Russia was going to help the US by joining the attack of Japan after finishing up defeating the Nazis and just needed 3 months to shift their troops from Europe to Japan. This scared the Japanese a lot and they offered to surrender (via Russia) to the allies as long as their Emperor was allowed to remain as symbol but the US declined, dropped the bomb and allowed him to remain a figure head anyway. It also shows those who were most for dropping the bomb, Trueman (and especially his foreign minister) who wanted to intimidate the Russians as Trueman was a staunch anti-communist. The rest is history (or the Cold-War, nuclear arms race as we know it).

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