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In reply to the discussion: We didn’t need to drop the bomb — and even our WW II military icons knew it [View all]LS_Editor
(920 posts)Last edited Thu May 12, 2016, 08:56 PM - Edit history (1)
So the "imminent surrender" argument is weakened right away.
An invasion of the Japanese mainland would have been extremely costly, and Japan was vowing to resist with every man, woman, and child. Hundreds of thousands of American casualties would occur. And what do you think would have happened if Americans learned President Truman had the atomic bomb and did not use it, resulting in hundreds of thousands of Americans killed and maimed?
Additionally, the Soviet Union was also preparing to strike Japan, which would have resulted in another Cold War theater.
Despite all of this, I believe the indiscriminate targeting of population centers (by bombers) led to horrendous acts of crimes against humanity
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