Ukraine? August 1914: A foolish war in the balkans

[Scott75]

1 hour ago, August1991 said:

Disagree. You make a typical point: "I was following orders... "

Truman at Potsdam ordered to drop both bombs. He told Stalin about this.

I reckon that, at the time, no one knew what would work in a bomb from a plane. They had two methods: plutonium and uranium. Truman learned that one method had worked.

 

My understanding is that both methods worked.

[August1991]

Only one method had worked.

Truman knew about both methods but at Potsdam, he learned one method had worked.

He told Stalin about this horrific device -  and then approved both bombings.

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I am an ordinary Canadian. I would have done exactly as Truman. (I once thought that Truman was a sly poker player; I now understand that Truman was just an ordinary guy.)

[August1991]

To be clear,

Like Truman, I would have approved both bombs. If one does not work, the other will.

I too would have told Stalin that we have a devastating device. But I'm Canadian.

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What would Nixon or Trump done? BTW, Churchill had to leave.

[August1991]

Potsdam is a suburb of Berlin. I have been to the room where they met (the building's now a museum). It is a large round table. It is near Sans Souci. the palace of Frederick the Great.

Yalta is very different - I have been to Crimea. The famous photo of Roosevelt/Churchill/Stalin in fact is in a small courtyard - within what amounts to a very large, two storey American house.

Yalta is no palace. It reminded me of Harrington Lake or Schloss Rosenau in Cobourg. A place that we now would call a cabin, cottage - a normal place to relax.