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geek tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 04:14 PM
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27. Testimony by Japanese leaders--now there's an unbiased source!
Edited on Tue Jun-22-10 04:15 PM by geek tragedy
"Yes, the evil Americans bombed us needlessly. We really only wanted peace."

The Japanese military almost deposed Hirohito for trying to surrender--AFTER the bomb was dropped.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABj%C5%8D_Incident

More to the point, there was no external evidence that the Japanese--who had fought fanatically to the death in the Pacific on countless islands--were ready to surrender without a fight.
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