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Permetti che possa avere dubbi su questa personalissima interpretazione tua e del Cardinali Biffi?
Immagino che sia tu che il Cardinale non abbiate mai letto i documenti ufficiali relativi alla scelta degli obiettivi.
In realtà la decisione di scegliere Nagasaki come obiettivo non fu di Truman, ma del T
arget Committee.
Inizialmente gli obiettivi furono questi:
1) Kyoto - This target is an urban industrial area with a population of 1,000,000. It is the former capital of Japan and many people and industries are now being moved there as other areas are being destroyed. From the psychological point of view there is the advantage that Kyoto is an intellectual center for Japan and the people there are more apt to appreciate the significance of such a weapon as the gadget. (Classified as an AA Target)
(2) Hiroshima - This is an important army depot and port of embarkation in the middle of an urban industrial area. It is a good radar target and it is such a size that a large part of the city could be extensively damaged. There are adjacent hills which are likely to produce a focussing effect which would considerably increase the blast damage. Due to rivers it is not a good incendiary target. (Classified as an AA Target)
(3) Yokohama - This target is an important urban industrial area which has so far been untouched. Industrial activities include aircraft manufacture, machine tools, docks, electrical equipment and oil refineries. As the damage to Tokyo has increased additional industries have moved to Yokohama. It has the disadvantage of the most important target areas being separated by a large body of water and of being in the heaviest anti-aircraft concentration in Japan. For us it has the advantage as an alternate target for use in case of bad weather of being rather far removed from the other targets considered. (Classified as an A Target)
(4) Kokura Arsenal - This is one of the largest arsenals in Japan and is surrounded by urban industrial structures. The arsenal is important for light ordnance, anti-aircraft and beach head defense materials. The dimensions of the arsenal are 4100’ x 2000’. The dimensions are such that if the bomb were properly placed full advantage could be taken of the higher pressures immediately underneath the bomb for destroying the more solid structures and at the same time considerable blast damage could be done to more feeble structures further away. (Classified as an A Target)
(5) Niigata - This is a port of embarkation on the N.W. coast of Honshu. Its importance is increasing as other ports are damaged. Machine tool industries are located there and it is a potential center for industrial despersion. It has oil refineries and storage. (Classified as a B Target)
Henry L. Stimson, Segretario alla Guerra, decise di scartare Kyoto come obiettivo, a causa della sua grande importanza culturale. ll 25 luglio del 1945 fu dato l’ordine al Generale Carl Spaatz di sganciare la bomba su una città a scelta tra: Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata e Nagasaki.
Nagasaki rappresentava uno dei più importanti porti del Giappone meridionale, sia a livello bellico che industriale. Ecco perché la scelta alla fine cadde su Nagasaki. La popolazione di religione cattolica non c'entra proprio nulla.