Not...this...time...
Ah, whatever.
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Originally Posted by goldorak
Can I say what b-u-l-l-s-h-i-t ?
The drop of the 2 bombs were justified only from an economical standpoint (remember how much money the Manhattan project cost the US taxpayers ? ) a ROI if you want for the military industrial complex; and as an act of leverage against the Soviets.
All the talk about the bombing being necessary because it would have saved lives etc... is only that. Talk without substance. If the bombs were not dropped the US would have invaded Japan at the earliest by the end of 1945, and it was well known that the japanese government wanted to end the war by the time the Potsdam conference was in effect. Truman and Stalin deliberately decided to ignore the Japanese message.
The drop of the 2 bombs effectively ended the war. The reason for using them (propaganda aside, the evergreen motto "to save lives") on the other hand has nothing to do with saving lives. And history, and historical documents show this very clearly.
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What messages were they ignoring? The Japanese government had no intention to unconditionally surrender at this point, they rather would have accepted an end to the war with some outrageous demands that included no occupation, conducting their own war crimes trials by themselves, disarming the IJN by themselves and other such blatant nonsense.
And wouldn't it have saved lives? Take a look at the buildup of forces on both sides and the estimated casualties for Operation Downfall; it's quite clear that dropping the atomic bombs would have been much preferable to an invasion on both sides.