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WillowTheWhisp · 08-08-2005, 16:08

We can never know "what would have happened if............" and can only go forwards from where we are. The choices made at the time were made with the knowledge of the situation that people had at the time.

How much was known of the after effects and if more had been known would that have changed anything?

It's difficult to look at any situation of 60 years ago and see it as it was seen then rather than what we know today.

During the war my mother was told that Germans ate British children and she believed it! If anyone had told me something like that as a child I would have thought it was ludicrous.

08-08-2005, 16:08	#45
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Hiroshima on TV We can never know "what would have happened if............" and can only go forwards from where we are. The choices made at the time were made with the knowledge of the situation that people had at the time. How much was known of the after effects and if more had been known would that have changed anything? It's difficult to look at any situation of 60 years ago and see it as it was seen then rather than what we know today. During the war my mother was told that Germans ate British children and she believed it! If anyone had told me something like that as a child I would have thought it was ludicrous. __________________