We've been taught that the U.S. had to drop atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II. Historical evidence shows Japan would have surrendered anyway.
    • silent_water [she/her]34•10 months ago

      they were literally already ready to surrender. they only asked for one condition, which they were granted after the bombs were dropped anyway -- that the emperor would be allowed to live.

    • Sinister [none/use name, comrade/them]B9•10 months ago

      B-but the historian youtube guy told me that only the army on the mainland cared about the soviet invasion. The civilian government only surrendered because of muh atomic bombs. So boooth sides.