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    2 months ago

    There is no evidence nuclear bombings were a major factor in the decision to finally surrender

    Japanese high command openly discussed the nuclear bombings as a key point in whether to surrender, with the ultranationalist minister of defense suggesting that Japan shouldn’t surrender at the current junction because he was convinced that the Americans had only one bomb.

    The idea that there’s no evidence that the nuclear bombings were a major factor in the decision of the Japanese government to surrender is absurd.