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> Saipan and Okinawa invasions were humanitarian disasters, despite US forces best efforts. How is that the Japanese's fault? The US invaded. Americans always
by xdennis 3y ago
> Saipan and Okinawa invasions were humanitarian disasters, despite US forces best efforts.
How is that the Japanese's fault? The US invaded.
Americans always justify the genocide by saying "we had to bomb them otherwise we would have killed more of them by conventional means"... Well maybe don't kill them?
Japan knew it was beaten, but Roosevelt insisted on unconditional surrender. A negotiated peace would have been better for everyone especially since the Americans kept the emperor, which was the principal condition the Japanese wanted.
- lazide 3y agoBwaha. Japan attacked the US first. Japan refused to actually surrender until the second nuke. Japan was planning mass wave civilian attacks if there was any landings. Japan was refusing to surrender despite mass firebombings on the Japanese capital that were killing more than the nukes did. Hell, even when the Japanese emperor finally tried to surrender, his own military cabinet tried to stop him. It’s like hitler in his bunker. He only finally gave up when essentially everyone else was dead and/or the fight was completely, literally, impossible.