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The reality is far more horrific. The Japanese were preparing to surrender to the Soviets, but the US couldn't have the Soviets take credit for winning the war
by Stevvo 5y ago
The reality is far more horrific. The Japanese were preparing to surrender to the Soviets, but the US couldn't have the Soviets take credit for winning the war on both fronts so they dropped a couple of nukes on Japan.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_War
- anjbe 5y agoThat’s about as facile as the Pollyanna view that America nuked Japan reluctantly and purely out of necessity. The reality is that it was a complicated decision and there were many factors that went into it and many subsequent interpretations of the history on all sides. This Twitter thread provides an interesting overview of some of the historiography: https://twitter.com/wc_quinn/status/1458891500344029189 https://twitter.com/wc_quinn/status/1458891500344029189
- genewitch 5y agoI thought it's because the US demanded unconditional surrender and the Japanese thought their emperor would be deposed so they refused. Two bombs later the Japanese agreed to an unconditional surrender. And guess what, they got to keep their emperor...