• Cowbee [he/they]
    10•5 days ago

    Objectively they were used to prevent the Soviets from gaining influence, and forcing Japan into an unconditional surrender, instead of conditional. They didn’t save anyone but US Imperialism.

    • @MarxMadness@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      3•5 days ago

      forcing Japan into an unconditional surrender, instead of conditional

      And this part didn’t even work – the big Japanese demand was keeping the Emperor, and they were allowed to keep him.