Re:Conversations among German Nuclear Physicists at Farm Hal...
by boomboomsubban on Friday February 08, 2019 @08:09PM
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You're treating acts committed by a handful of officers as done by the entire army or nation. Neither act means that the bombs had a bearing on the decision.
Re:Conversations among German Nuclear Physicists at Farm Hal...
by krapp on Friday February 08, 2019 @09:51PM
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We're not talking about a democracy, though. This handful of officers and the emperor were the decision makers.
Re:Conversations among German Nuclear Physicists at Farm Hal...
by boomboomsubban on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:40AM
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A handful of officers made decisions, not this particular one. Preparation for martial law had the backing of one member of the six man Supreme War Council, while the coup never had anyone above the rank of major or lieutenant colonel onboard.
>We're not talking about a democracy, though.
Like the democratic decision to drop the bomb? This is a silly statement, everybody involved had most of the power consolidated into a few hands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan#August_9:_S...
After Hiroshima, the Russian invasion of Manchuria, and Nagasaki, Japan still went through an attempted coup to try to prevent the surrender.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan#Attempted_m...
I think it's totally false to say "hiroshima and nagasaki had no bearing on the japanese decision to surrender". That doesn't match the evidence of history whatsoever.