Japan is on the ring of fire and has many active volcanoes. Two volcanoes erupted in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Nazi/Soviet propaganda machine claimed the US developed a magic bomb to slaughter civilian. The US can't control volcanic activity, it was an act of G-d.
Why did America drop TWO atomic bombs on japan?
Samuel Gray
Daniel Ward
The Japanese were warned that if they didn't surrender, a weapon of great power would be used against them. Of course, they didn't believe this, cuz it sounded ridiculous that something as powerful as nukes existed back then. Then we dropped the first bomb; they didn't surrender though. So they were warned again, and the second bomb was dropped. Then they surrendered.
And now they are one of the most advanced countries in the world.
Anthony Smith
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Adam Ross
>They would also stress that it was to intimidate the Soviet Union and prevent them from gaining a foothold in Japan
I never got this argument. The U.S. obviously knew about Hula, since they were providing the ships. They almost certainly knew the state of the Soviet fleet in the Pacific and that if the Russians wanted a foothold in Hokkaido, they'd need U.S. vessels to get them there before the U.S. overran everything.
What on earth would they drop the nukes for to "keep the Soviets out"? If they wanted to keep the Soviets out, they could just not provide them with the boats the Soviets needed to get to Japan.
Jaxon Harris
FDR =/= Truman
That crippled commie rat fuck would probably have given Japan to the USSR but Truman was having none of that shit. It's also worth mentioning that the Russians already had all the ships they needed, they were just spread out. If they brought their fleet to bear against some portion of Japan, they could probably establish a beachhead but the US was really not interested in getting into a shooting war with the USSR and Japan - who we very much wanted on our side, as a stepping stone into east Asia - was incapable of doing so.
Mason Walker
>That crippled commie rat fuck would probably have given Japan to the USSR but Truman was having none of that shit.
Training of Soviet naval personnel begin on April 16th, 1945, after Truman had already ascended to the preisdency. The first transfer of a vessel would be in June. Truman was certainly aware of Hula.
>. It's also worth mentioning that the Russians already had all the ships they needed, they were just spread out.
No they didn't. Do you have any idea how much in the way of vessels you need to mount an invasion? Something the size of Overlord took about 5,000 landing craft. Now, the Soviets weren't envisioning something nearly so big, but they were also invading from much further away, meaning a much longer turnaround time to drop off more troops.
By the end of the Kuril Island campaign, they had 11. That's nowhere near enough to go invading Hokkaido with.
>. If they brought their fleet to bear against some portion of Japan, they could probably establish a beachhead
What exactly are you basing this on? Their extensive experience with amphibious invasions?
Do you have any idea what the fuck you're talking about?
Carson Flores
They wanted to show everyone that they had more than one bomb.
Nicholas Murphy
Because thr US thought only one would make them look like a pussy to the hard ass no surrender gooks, the second one was a way of saying that nothing is off limits and that you'd better fucking surrender now faggot.
Luis Carter
Thanks for everyone so far for not posting mushroom cloud photos
Except this two bitches.
You fuckers don't what strugguling with this fobia and be a interested in history means. I got exaclty 0 culture in japanese war field for this shit. It's not funny seriously. They made the same fucking prank when I was 13 at school with a picture on a book, I fucking punched them as a reflex and got suspended. It's not funny.
Kayden Smith
>fobia