Skull-man does a very good job of debunking this. The US made some big boomy bombs and were desperate to try them in action and prove to the world how badass they were, so instead of negotiating with a terrified Japanese government looking for a way out, they bombed them. Then while Japan was scrambling for any kind of negotiated settlement, they bombed them again.
Even if this weren't the case - so what? If Japan was ruthless and never going to surrender, killing a hundred thousand civilians would not have changed their mind, and is not the way to win a war, it's just gruesome. Absolute fucking atrocity. America continuing its more-fashionable-at-the-time genocide plays.
Skull-man does a very good job of debunking this. The US made some big boomy bombs and were desperate to try them in action and prove to the world how badass they were, so instead of negotiating with a terrified Japanese government looking for a way out, they bombed them. Then while Japan was scrambling for any kind of negotiated settlement, they bombed them again.
Even if this weren't the case - so what? If Japan was ruthless and never going to surrender, killing a hundred thousand civilians would not have changed their mind, and is not the way to win a war, it's just gruesome. Absolute fucking atrocity. America continuing its more-fashionable-at-the-time genocide plays.
came here to plug this as well. here's the link and yes, it's over 2 hours obviously
Dropping the Bomb: Hiroshima & Nagasaki