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They were ready for a conditional surrender before even the first bomb was dropped; the bombs facilitated an unconditional surrender. At the end of the day, th
by cykros 4y ago
They were ready for a conditional surrender before even the first bomb was dropped; the bombs facilitated an unconditional surrender.
At the end of the day, they seem to have had more to do with letting the Soviets know the time of day more than anything pertaining to Japan. The whole event is a reminder of why having a figurehead president with all the real decisions made by military leadership is rarely a good way to run the country.
- krapp 4y ago>At the end of the day, they seem to have had more to do with letting the Soviets know the time of day more than anything pertaining to Japan. This is a very popular historical revisionist argument which seems to have little if any credible evidence to back it up[0]. It's just something that feels true to people when they consider the evil of the American military industrial complex, can't accept any Western historical narrative at face value, and require a conspiracy behind everything. But what documentary evidence does exist, as far as I can tell, supports the status quo version of events[1]. [0] https://www.bu.edu/historic/hs/kort.html https://www.bu.edu/historic/hs/kort.html [1] https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945/potsdam_decision.htm https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Event...