HarryLime [any]@hexbear.netcake to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 days agoGuy who knows lots about history starter packhexbear.netimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1159
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minus-squareabc [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·14 days agoi think japan would have surrendered
minus-squareRom [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·14 days agoJapan was already surrendering, actually. but it was to the Soviets
minus-squareaxont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·14 days agoI’ve always thought it would have resulted in two Japans, like how Korea and Germany got split. But I have no idea where the socialists in Japan would have gained power. I know they existed though, like that guy who got killed with a sword on TV.
minus-squareGoodGuyWithACat [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 days agoThat’s what Truman and co feared, which is why they staked their claim with the atom bomb. Even against the advice of MacArthur.
i think japan would have surrendered
Japan was already surrendering, actually. but it was to the Soviets
I’ve always thought it would have resulted in two Japans, like how Korea and Germany got split. But I have no idea where the socialists in Japan would have gained power. I know they existed though, like that guy who got killed with a sword on TV.
That’s what Truman and co feared, which is why they staked their claim with the atom bomb. Even against the advice of MacArthur.