On the one hand, he was extremely dedicated to achieving unconditional surrender. On the other hand, he was more willing to work with Stalin (afaik) than Truman, and Byrnes would never have become Secretary of State. Would FDR living to the end of WW2 have changed the outcome of the war with Japan?

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    Would the US drop nuclear weapons on Germany? My answer is probably not.

    After the firebombing of Dresden and Tokyo, I see little to suggest Americans would have drawn an kind of line.

    Would Americans have been shy about nuking Normandy if they'd had the Bomb sooner? Would they have forgone dropping a nuke in Hamburg or Dusseldorf, preferring to destroy 75% of the respective cities the old fashioned way?

    I doubt it.