• skisnow@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    “The atomic bombings were necessary” was something we were expected to internalize as an indisputable hard fact, like gravity and oxbow lakes.

    • arcine@jlai.lu
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      13 days ago

      AFAIK, historical documents show the Japanese government were ready to surrender, if they had been sure the monarchy would be preserved.

      The bomb could have been replaced with properly worded surrender terms.