Was talking to a friend of mine about the use of nukes and I was told about how it was the quicker way to save more lives. I’ve always heard this argument but still always believed that it was an extreme response that could have been avoided.
Am I naive in my thoughts here? What is everyone else’s interpretation of the events leading up to and the decision made to drop both bombs?
It was implied above, but adding that preventing Soviet forces getting there first by ending it sooner with mass death was also a part of the point. We can end the war sooner by blowing up entire cities, this means the “reds” cant get there first, glances at the timeline for a ground invasion, we cannot risk a west japan/east japan situation, kill em all.
Imagine a world where NE Japan had decades of being communist. The anime would be so lit.