Truman’s Ultimatum Regarding Hiroshima
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Was it Wrong to Drop the Atom Bomb on Japan?
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Squeamishness kills alert: were the atomic bombings unnecessary? Would have Japan surrendered anyway?
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8.15 am, 6 August 1945 bit.ly/1IrpJoA
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The Conversation (@ConversationUK) August 06, 2015#ThisDayInHistory 1945 – Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima killing at least 129,000 people. http://t.co/4LmdcoJ034—
Paul Henry (@PaulHenryShow) August 06, 2015https://twitter.com/historyfacts247/status/629304405024763904
The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima on this day 70 years ago. nyti.ms/1MPqwTn http://t.co/GAiWFzQcvV—
NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) August 06, 2015How The Japan Times reported the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki jtim.es/QvTPC http://t.co/xYwL62C16Z—
The Japan Times (@japantimes) August 06, 2015
Those that argue that Japan surrendered for reasons other than the atomic bomb put forward contradictory arguments.
The first is the Japan was already seeking terms for surrender. That is true, but among those terms was avoiding occupation.
The Japanese leadership had already interpreted the terms of the Potsdam declaration was a sign of weakness. They hoped that by making the invasion of Japan as bloody as possible, they could extract even better terms in light of this sign of weakness at Potsdam. Kyushu, the obvious initial invasion site in southern Japan, was being heavily reinforced by the middle of 1945.
Japan no longer had a realistic prospect of winning the war by the end of 1994 and they knew it.
Japan’s leaders believed they could make the cost of conquering Japan too high for the Allies to accept, leading to some sort of armistice rather than total defeat. The Japanese…
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How The Japan Times reported the atomic bombings
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How The Japan Times reported the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki jtim.es/QvTPC http://t.co/xYwL62C16Z—
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