Japanese were ready to fight to the last man, and they meant it.
The bombs probably saved a lot of Japanese lives.
The bombs probably saved a lot of Japanese lives.
No bomb. We'll agree to a ceasefire with Japan. They'll withdraw from some territories but otherwise they would have their empire somewhat intact.
More importantly, they saved countless American lives.
In contrary to what we are fed by the media, a lot of people survived the A-bombs.
Many quite unscathed.
Interestingly, the A-bombs turned to be a great research tool for the radiation effects on humans.
It turned out, we are quite more resilient to radiation than almost anybody believes.
The studies of long term radiation effects showed “statistically significant 1% increase of cancer occurrence in affected population”
Basically only about 300 more people from all the survivors got cancer than if no bombs were dropped.
Rather minuscular effect!