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Japan was ready to surrender before they got nuked, as long as they kept the Emperor. There was literally no need to kill all those civilians. https://www.redd
by turar 10y ago
Japan was ready to surrender before they got nuked, as long as they kept the Emperor. There was literally no need to kill all those civilians.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1lw9lg/seeking_further_clarification_why_we_fight_gore/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1lw9lg/seeki...
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/books/l-gore-vidal-s-america-620653.html http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/books/l-gore-vidal-s-ameri...
- maxq 10y agoMy understanding is the Emperor wanted to surrender, the military did not. We may never know. [Please don't quote Reddit as a ref]
- turar 10y agoIf you actually read both links I provided, you might find them interesting. Also, why shouldn't I quote r/AskHistorians when discussing historical events?
- froogle 10y agor/AskHistorians has some of the highest quality research you're going to find on the internet, at least if you're not a history major yourself. The mods there are amazing, and the posts usually have sources you can look into yourself. If you haven't browsed it before, I highly recommend looking into it.