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We can't forget the Japanese promise to slaughter all POW's if Japan was invaded.

You all remember that I mentioned in class that the deaths from the atom bomb were small compared to the total killed in the area bombing of all Japanese cities.  Look up Curtis LeMay.

July 26, 1945

(1) We-the President of the United States, the President of the National Government of the Republic of China, and the Prime Minister of Great Britain, representing the hundreds of millions of our countrymen, have conferred and agree that Japan shall be given an opportunity to end this war.

(2) The prodigious land, sea and air forces of the United States, the British Empire and of China, many times reinforced by their armies and air fleets from the west, are poised to strike the final blows upon Japan. This military power is sustained and inspired by the determination of all the Allied Nations to prosecute the war against Japan until she ceases to resist.

(3) The result of the futile and senseless German resistance to the might of the aroused free peoples of the world stands forth in awful clarity as an example to the people of Japan. The might that now converges on Japan is immeasurably greater than that which, when applied to the resisting Nazis, necessarily laid waste to the lands, the industry and the method of life of the whole German people. The full application of our military power, backed by our resolve, will mean the inevitable and complete destruction of the Japanese armed forces and just as inevitably the utter devastation of the Japanese homeland.

(4) The time has come for Japan to decide whether she will continue to be controlled by those self-willed militaristic advisers whose unintelligent calculations have brought the Empire of Japan to the threshold of annihilation, or whether she will follow the path of reason.

(5) Following are our terms. We will not deviate from them. There are no alternatives. We shall brook no delay.

(6) There must be eliminated for all time the authority and influence of those who have deceived and misled the people of Japan into embarking on world conquest, for we insist that a new order of peace, security and justice will be impossible until irresponsible militarism is driven from the world.

(7) Until such a new order is established and until there is convincing proof that Japan's war-making power is destroyed, points in Japanese territory to be designated by the Allies shall be occupied to secure the achievement of the basic objectives we are here setting forth.

(8) The terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out and Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine.

(9) The Japanese military forces, after being completely disarmed, shall be permitted to return to their homes with the opportunity to lead peaceful and productive lives.

(10) We do not intend that the Japanese shall be enslaved as a race or destroyed as a nation, but stern justice shall be meted out to all war criminals, including those who have visited cruelties upon our prisoners. The Japanese Government shall remove all obstacles to the revival and strengthening of democratic tendencies among the Japanese people. Freedom of speech, of religion, and of thought, as well as respect for the fundamental human rights shall be established.

(11) Japan shall be permitted to maintain such industries as will sustain her economy and permit the exaction of just reparations in kind, but not those which would enable her to re-arm for war. To this end, access to, as distinguished from control of, raw materials shall be permitted. Eventual Japanese, participation in world trade relations shall be permitted.

(12) The occupying forces of the Allies shall be withdrawn from Japan as soon as these objectives have been accomplished and there has been established in accordance with the freely expressed will of the Japanese people a peacefully inclined and responsible government.

(13) We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and to provide proper and adequate assurances of their good faith in such action. The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction.

American Soldier KIA

-- Edited by Zachary W. at 23:56, 2009-02-23

Yokohama 58%= Cleveland

Tokyo 51%= New York

Toyama 99% = Chattanooga

Nagoya 40% = Los Angeles

Osaka 35.1% = Chicago

Nishinomiya 11.9% = Cambridge

Siumonoseki 37.6% = San Diego

Kure 41.9 % = Toledo

Kobe 55.7% = Baltimore

Omuta 35.8% = Miami

Wakayama 50% = Salt Lake City

Kawasaki 36.2% = Portland

Okayama 68.9% = Long Beach

Yawata 21.2% = San Antonio

Kagoshima 63.4% = Richmond

Amagasaki 18.9% = Jacksonville

Sasebo 41.4% = Nashville

Moh 23.3% = Spokane

Miyakonoio 26.5% = Greensboro

Nobeoka 25.2% = Augusta

Miyazaki 26.1% = Davenport

Hbe 20.7% = Utica

Saga 44.2% = Waterloo

Imabari 63.9% = Stockton

Matsuyama 64% = Duluth

Fukui 86% = Evansville

Tokushima 85.2% = Ft. Wayne

Sakai 48.2% = Forth Worth

Hachioji 65% = Galveston

Kumamoto 31.2% = Grand Rapids

Isezaki 56.7% =Sioux Falls

Takamatsu 67.5% = Knoxville

Akashi 50.2% = Lexington

Fukuyama 80.9% = Macon

Aomori 30% = Montgomery

Okazaki 32.2% = Lincoln

Oita 28.2% = Saint Joseph

Hiratsuka 48.4% = Battle Creek

Tokuyama 48.3% = Butte

Yokkichi 33.6% = Charlotte

Uhyamada 41.3% = Columbus

Ogaki 39.5% = Corpus Christi

Gifu 63.6% = Des Moines

Shizuoka 66.1% = Oklahoma City

Himeji 49.4% = Peoria

Fukuoka 24.1% = Rochester

Kochi 55.2% = Sacramento

Shimizu 42% = San Jose

Omura 33.1% = Sante Fe

Chiba 41% = Savannah

Ichinomiya 56.3% = Sprinfield

Nara 69.3% = Boston

Tsu 69.3% = Topeka

Kuwana 75% = Tucson

Toyohashi 61.9% = Tulsa

Numazu 42.3% = Waco

Chosi 44.2% = Wheeling

Kofu 78.6% = South Bend

Utsunomiya 43.7% = Sioux City

Mito 68.9% = Pontiac

Sendai 21.9% = Omaha

Tsuruga 65.1% = Middleton

Nagaoka 64.9% = Madison

Hitachi 72% = Little Rock

Kumagaya 55.1% = Kenosha

Hamamatsu 60.3% = Hartford

Maebashi 64.2% = Wheeling

"Read this carefully as it may save your life or the life of a relative or friend. In the next few days, some or all of the cities named on the reverse side will be destroyed by American bombs. These cities contain military installations and workshops or factories which produce military goods. We are determined to destroy all of the tools of the military clique which they are using to prolong this useless war. But, unfortunately, bombs have no eyes. So, in accordance with America's humanitarian policies, the American Air Force, which does not wish to injure innocent people, now gives you warning to evacuate the cities named and save your lives. America is not fighting the Japanese people but is fighting the military clique which has enslaved the Japanese people. The peace which America will bring will free the people from the oppression of the military clique and mean the emergence of a new and better Japan. You can restore peace by demanding new and good leaders who will end the war. We cannot promise that only these cities will be among those attacked but some or all of them will be, so heed this warning and evacuate these cities immediately."

-- Edited by Zachary W. at 00:35, 2009-02-24