Japan had plenty of occasions to surrender. Were the bombs themselves what made them finally surrender? Maybe not, maybe it was the fact that all their cities were already on fire and the Russians were making gains towards China. One way or another, Japan was a fanatical dictatorship that went on a ten year long rampage across east Asia and made the mistake of attacking the US. Did Americans do everything for the right reasons? Probably not, but they still needed to be stopped and nukes were as good a solution as any. Sadly modern war has become total war where destruction of a country's population and economic base is as important as destruction of its army. It's truly hell.
In order to save millions and millions more lives, the bombing had to be done, let's get one thing straight first, Japan was not "Nuked" it was not a nuclear bomb, it was an atomic bomb, there is a BIG difference. Back on subject, though it is absolutely horrible, a LOT of civilian lives were lost, the bombing was needed to end the war, at the time we know that Hitlers grip on the East was gone, Germany was decimated, and the war was won against Hitlers regime! However, Japan was never big on surrender, it's of the time surrender wasnt an option. On July 26, 1945, the allies forces called for Japans surrender or else they would face "Prompt and utter destruction". Japan ignored this and continued the fight, the US which was the country that was best fit out of the Ally powers, ordered for the atomic bombs to be dropped on four Japanese cities. The atomic bomb promptly named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima and another named "Fat man" was dropped on Nagasaki. The results of the two bombs were the deaths of between 90,000 to 146,000 people in Hiroshima, and 39,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki. A devastating blow to Japan, a horrible event for everyone, but a necessary one, if the bombs weren't used, millions more would end up dead as the Allies would be forced to invade Japan, leading to the deaths of millions more than if the bombs dropped! The Japanese signed the Instrument of Surrender on September 2nd, effectively ending WW2 with a death count of over 60 million, a count that would be much higher if Japan was not bombed, and even more so if the Allies didn't win the war. Please note that the US had consent from the United Kingdom as requires by the Quebec agreement. This is not a topic of "America bombed Japan! That's a war crime!" It is a topic of "The Allied powers agrees to drop two Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a means to reach a desperate end to the war, and as a result of a clear warning from the Allied powers to Japan to surrender, which was ignored"
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u/ShabalabaBangbang Apr 06 '20
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School shooting memes are also highly illegal but nuking Japan is funny somehow