Yet to enter approved memory is the 'finale' described in the official Air Force history, a 1000-plane raid on civilian targets organized by General 'Hap' Arnold to celebrate the war's end, five days after Nagasaki. According to survivors, leaflets were dropped among the bombs announcing the surrender.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The US staged a massive raid on civilians after the war ended to celebrate, dropping leaflets announcing surrender.
- In plain terms
- Bombs were dropped on civilians after the war was officially over.
- What can you take from it?
- Celebrations sometimes involve unnecessary violence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should wars end?
- Who benefits from violence?
Another view
Survivor accounts may lack full context.
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