08-06-2017, 03:59 PM
(08-06-2017, 02:25 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The Japanese leadership was not ready to surrender until after Nagasaki. We will never know for certain, but it is not likely they would have surrendered after the one. At least we didn't have to use any more of them.
Yes but wasn't the hang up about the emporor? The US was demanding unconditional surrender, while the Japanese wanted Hirohito left alone. The Soviets declared war on Japan, Nagasaki was bombed, and the US eventually let the emporor stay. No? It's been many years since that course in college, but I remember being struck with the idea that the US didn't want Japan's surrender to coincide with Soviet entry into the Pacific theater.
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