Sup Chapos
I found a video a while back that discussed whether the atomic bombing was justified or not, and what the real reasons were for Japan's surrender. It was not Shaun's video - it was much shorter and it had more of the Second Thought type of aesthetic.
The part of the video that I most remember was where the narrator basically broke down all of the cities that had been bombed prior to the atomic weapons and to the extent they had been bombed, and then compares that to the possibility of a second front with the soviet union. The narrator then asks the viewer to think about which events Japanese high command would give greater weight. I'm almost completely making up the numbers because I'm at work and pressed on time, but just to give an idea of what the video was like cuz I can't find it and I need y'all's help.
April 1945 - Tokyo 80% - Air raid
April 1945 - Kyoto 76% - Air raid
May 1945 - Yokohama 53% - Air raid
May 1945 - Toyama 99. 7% - Air raid
June 1945 - Nagoya 90% - Air raid
June 1945 - Osaka 40% - Air raid
July 1945 - Kagoshima 60% - Air raid
August 6 1945 - Hiroshima 50% - single new weapon
August 8 1945 - Second front with Soviet Union
August 9 1945 - Nagasaki 55% - single new weapon
This vid sound familiar to anyone?
That's where I first heard about the astonishing numbers, and is a great doc, but no it was a breadtube adjacent video not a production film
Oh if it helps, the narrator of the video referenced the diary of japanese officers discussing the possibility of a second front with the soviets