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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by lou1306 on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @04:02PM (#44816996)
> Absolutely no one who knew about that battle would have claimed that Japan was already defeated.

On a strategic level they were. The archipelago was being blockaded, they had no way to contest Allied air supremacy, they were reduced to send children into battle, etc.

Re:Hiroshima (1946) by opo on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @11:00PM (#44820129)
Yes, they had no chance of winning and it should have been obvious long before Okinawa. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean they were ready to surrender.