Everybody knows modellers can't help reading and researching their subjects, so this is as good a place to start as any :) Does anybody know of a good history that covers the events of the period between Hiroshima and August 14th., regarding the dealings of the American and Japanese governments? I'm hoping there's something with a forensic level of detail out there with a modern (but not necessarily revisionist) perspective. Chek
try posting this question at the group soc.history.war.world-warii. its moderated so phrase your question carefully. the moderator is a bit anal.
Craig
Chek wrote:
That is a major understatement, IMO. I loved the group and the discussions, but the pricks that controlled the posting nets were more than I could really bear after a while.
In the end it was easier just to grab the GD Ouija board and ask Galland the question directly. ;-)
WmB
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Try starting with Richard Frank's "Downfall".
Thanks for your responses, with apologies for their lateness. Great suggestions guys. The question arose out of a history channel - type TV show in the BBC4 'Days that shook the World' series that included spectacular B29 period film mixed with re-enactments of key scenes during August 45, including preparing the missions, readying the aircraft and arming the weapon in flight, and other aspects. I'm no B29 expert, but it seemed very credibly and authentically produced, and TV is usually notorious for poor attention to details with aviation related subjects. It was on the BBC here in the UK, but may be on a channel near you soon.
"Days" is currently on The History Channel. Saturday's (1/31) show was on the first sustained nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago and the Chernobyl disaster.
Been on BBC2 recently as well, did you see the C4 documentry abut the planes for a German bomber to bomb New York.
Or Spitfire Ace
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