An extremely short clip with no narration. Only around twenty seconds long. Also no sound. Former secretary of Defense Robert McNamara questions the use of the atomic bomb on Japan.Apparently he was involved in the debriefing of the crews that were involved in the firebombing of Tokyo. The aftermath of the firebombing, not the atomic bombing. (The atomic bombs counted for only around 3% of the destruction that Japan underwent during World War II; most of the rest was due to the firebombing.) He questions whether it was right or not to kill 100,000 plus people in one night by firebombing or any other way in order to win a war. McNamara questions why it was necessary to use the atomic bomb when the firebombing was so effective. 59% of Yokohama was destroyed, and Yokohama was roughly the size of Cleveland. 51% of Tokyo was destroyed (Tokyo was about the size of New York City). 99% of Toyama was destroyed (about the size of Chattanooga). 40% of Nagoya was destroyed (about the size of Los Angeles.) 35.1% of Osaka was destroyed (about the size of Chicago). City after city are shown, too fast to screen cap them. McNamara discusses the ethics of using the atomic bomb and the failure of rules of war. He said “what makes something immoral if you lose, but not if you win?”
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