My ancestors fought in WWII. Hiroshima is plagued by shallow reading

Re:My ancestors fought in WWII. Hiroshima is plagued by shal... by opo on Friday August 08, 2025 @05:05PM (#44841674)

>The bombs didn't cause Japan to surrender.

According to Togo they did:

>...Meanwhile in the afternoon of August 8, before the entry of the Soviet Union into the war or the bombing of Nagasaki, the emperor met with Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo. Shortly after the war, Togo affirmed that the emperor stated the war must end at this meeting. New evidence now confirms Togo’s account that it was the atomic bomb that moved the emperor to decide to end the war.

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japans-surren...

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Re:My ancestors fought in WWII. Hiroshima is plagued by shal... by gerikson on Saturday August 09, 2025 @05:52AM (#44845264)

Thanks a lot for this link.

The followup article <https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japans-surren...> mentions that while the Soviet Union didn't pose much threat to the home islands, it would and did steamroll the armies on the Asian mainland. Ensuring these forces actually abided by to the surrender terms was crucial. So atomic bombs threatening Japan proper and the Soviet Union threatening the land forces in Asia provided the "cover" for the surrender terms.

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