☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to HistoryEnglish · 1 year agoToday marks the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.www.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down17
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkToday marks the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.www.wsj.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to HistoryEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year agoAlso, here’s a Foreign Policy article explaining that it wasn’t the nuclear bombing that defeated Japan. That’s just a propaganda narrative US invented to try and justify this crime against humanity https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30/the-bomb-didnt-beat-japan-stalin-did/
minus-squareroastpotatothieflinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe best explanation I have heard: The USA had developed two new types of bomb, at huge expense and huge effort. Having built them, there was a desire to use both of them before the war ended.
Also, here’s a Foreign Policy article explaining that it wasn’t the nuclear bombing that defeated Japan. That’s just a propaganda narrative US invented to try and justify this crime against humanity https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30/the-bomb-didnt-beat-japan-stalin-did/
The best explanation I have heard:
The USA had developed two new types of bomb, at huge expense and huge effort. Having built them, there was a desire to use both of them before the war ended.