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Getting two cities vaporized followed by unconditional surrender and your enemy rewriting your entire governing structure does not seem like a successful milita
by jimbokun 6y ago
Getting two cities vaporized followed by unconditional surrender and your enemy rewriting your entire governing structure does not seem like a successful military outcome.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoI never said it was
- leokennis 6y agoWhile you indeed never said that, it is true that the Japanese military brought out a special kind of longing for harsh revenge in the US army, likely caused by their brutal military tactics.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoThis is true. I have never heard that revenge had an impact on the decision making for nuclear bombing, so I missed the connection you were making
- leokennis 6y agoThe bombing was not revenge per se, but the Japanese never surrendered even when outnumbered 20 to 1. Even worse, the last Japanese standing would probably blow himself up with a grenade to take out a few Americans with him. In this light, the Japanese basically “forced” the US to literally go with the Nuclear option: using such outrageous force on an already weakened enemy, just to get them to surrender.