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[quote=YINDUFFY,306501]No one outside of the highest levels of the Japanese government and military knew how desperate the situation was in the home islands.  as for the Allies, rumors and speculation in wartime run rampant. Japan had a pact with the USSR and didn't expect them to enter the Pacific war  (They did not know of the Potsdam conference) In fact, U.S. fliers who crash landed in that part of the USSR were interned, not returned to the Allies. 
   The squadron that was assigned to drop the bomb had flown several practice missions using 10,000 pound conventional bombs and they were waiting for a useable Atomic bomb. When one was available, it was rushed out to the flightline.  Before Hiroshima, the only Atomic detonation was the July 17,1945 Alamagordo, New Mexico, test. They knew the bomb worked in theory but didn't know very much else at the time. 
   Japanese diplomats provided confusing correspondence through channels in Switzerland and Truman did what had to be done. 
    I sincerely hope that Atomic weapons are never used again.[/quote]

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