They dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan to make the Soviet Union's invasion of Hokkaido unnecessary and as a performative act to horrify the world in to subjugation.

The whole 'saved more lives than it cost' is a bad argument unless the plan was to slaughter a hundred thousand civilians on landing. Note the Nazi invasion of France cost 60,000 lives in civilian resistance...this was at the beginning of the war.

Japan would have surrendered on the first day of invasion.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
      8·
      4 years ago

      读不了中文也读不了日文，但是感觉自己比亚洲人更懂亚洲。

      OK，白左

        • dinklesplein [any, he/him]
          3·
          4 years ago

          thats chinese btw and if i was chinese i would rightfully be angry about japan as well, especially given how much we whitewash that shit still.

            • dinklesplein [any, he/him]
              ·
              4 years ago

              my bad, i just assumed the reply was confusing the two. also im not saying hes right, just that i can see why someone would be angry enough about something to think that way.