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I will likely be downvoted. Anyway, Americans needed to show off their newly acquired nuclear capabilities. Not to Germans or to Japanese. And not to Italians.
by notorandit 1y ago
I will likely be downvoted.
Anyway, Americans needed to show off their newly acquired nuclear capabilities. Not to Germans or to Japanese. And not to Italians.
It was needed to demonstrate their superiority to Soviet Union without bombing the Soviet Union.
As someone else's here already posted out, military heads made it clear that bombing Japan was not needed for their surrender.
None else had gone that far with nuclear energy and bombs. Likely.
IMHO it was needed for something else much more political.
- nabeards 1y agoThis is specifically called out as a reason in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. I was there just a few weeks ago. It's also available here: https://hpmmuseum.jp/modules/exhibition/index.php?action=CornerView&corner_id=19&lang=eng https://hpmmuseum.jp/modules/exhibition/index.php?action=Cor... "The United States believed that ending the war with an atomic bombing would help prevent the Soviet Union from extending its sphere of influence."