Posted on 08/06/2020 1:52:10 PM PDT by Pelham
The timeline tells a different story.
Japan's Supreme Council certainly met to discuss surrender for the first time on August 9th, the date of the Nagasaki bombing, but deliberations were well underway that day by the time Nagasaki was bombed.
What DID happen that would compel the Supreme Council to meet? The Soviets declared war to the Japanese ambassador at about 1 AM local time that day and within an hour, Soviet forces moved on Manchuria.
My Dad was on an escort vehicle for amphibious attacks.
Without the Abomb this Freeper likely wouldn’t be here.
They were going through the Panama Canal, headed to the Pacific, when the war ended.
Your father may have been the one to give a ride to my grandfather. He was a 1st lieutenant in the 8th infantry regiment 2nd wave at Utah beach.
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