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Neither Hiroshima nor Nagasaki had any effect on the Japanese leadership of the time, as minutes of government meetings show. The nuclear attacks paled in compa
by maaku 12y ago
Neither Hiroshima nor Nagasaki had any effect on the Japanese leadership of the time, as minutes of government meetings show. The nuclear attacks paled in comparison to the firebombings or larger cities such as Tokyo.
What ended the war was Soviet invasion. Apparently Japan would rather surrender to the USA than face a post-war country divided on two fronts as Germany was.
- Mandatum 12y agoThat's something I haven't heard before. I was taught in school the bombings were pretty much what ended it. Would you recommend any books? I've found a very interesting article in the Boston here: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/08/07/why_did_japan_surrender/?page=full http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/08/07/...
- Scramblejams 12y agoThis has been discussed here before, for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5813776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5813776