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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day agoI think there might be an argument for the first bomb, but the second was completely unnecessary.
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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day agoI think there might be an argument for the first bomb, but the second was completely unnecessary.
nuggie_ss@lemmings.world 1 day ago
Not true.
Even after the second bomb, Japan almost faced a military coup in order to keep the war going. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyūjō_incident
They were not going to surrender without a massive show of force because of their culture.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 21 hours ago
They had literally agreed to surrender before the first bomb dropped, their only condition being that the emperor remain, which the US agreed to anyway.
nuggie_ss@lemmings.world 21 hours ago
Can you read?
Eq0@literature.cafe 13 hours ago
In our timeline, after two nuclear bombs were dropped, a coup almost happened that would have blocked the surrender of Japan. Would it have been different without the bombs?