• @Rafael_Luisi@lemmygrad.ml
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      172 years ago

      Its like, an extreme level of revisionism, worse even then some of the US revisionism. The japanese literally think that Japan did nothing bad on asia during 1936/1955, they dont even know they participated on the war! They think the nuclear bomb was throwed on them because the yankees where just mean (its not untrue, it was completelly unjustified to use them, but they where also in a war, that japan started).

      • The shitstorm they kicked up after Ukrainian government put up that video with Hirohito in the same frame as Hitler and Mussolini was an example of this… they were saying shit like “we were committed to peace and were dragged into the war!”.

        Fucking hell they absolutely need denazification.

        • @Rafael_Luisi@lemmygrad.ml
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          102 years ago

          They where not justified at all, japan was going to surrender anyways after the chinese front collapsed right after the soviets declared war, the americans used the bombs to scare the USSR and to force japan to surrendet especifically to the US, they did not save any lifes at all, and they where aimed at 2 civilian cities that haved no strategic value to the war, there was no bases and no troops there. It was an complete and total warcrime. And you are saying that japan would fight to the last and that fighting in the mainland would be catastrophic, but you still think it would be good if it happened? What the fuck is wrong with you?

        • @Szymon@lemmygrad.ml
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          82 years ago

          The japanese were prepared to surrender after the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, not the bombs. The bombs were dropped due to cold war politics. They were practically just a stunt to scare Soviets.

            • @CannotSleep420
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              62 years ago

              To add to what was said, the U.S. wanted unconditional surrender when Japan’s only condition for surrender was that they keep their emporer. After the U. S. dropped the bombs and Japan surrendered, they let them keep the emporer anyway. They bombed them for practically no reason besides trying to intimidate the Soviets and anyone else who would stand against them.