[NWFree]

There wouldn’t have been a council left to vote if they hadn’t surrendered. We could decimate an entire city with a single bomb

You’re full of it

[nickcarraway]

No, I'm not, look it up. The U.S. had already bombed almost every city in Japan to rubble at that point. Except for a few cities in the North that were too far to fly to.

You greatly underestimate how severe the conventional bombings of Japan were. Up to 9 or 10 times as many people died.

The firebombing of Tokyo was the most destructive bombing raid in history, worse than either of the atomic bombs. It destroyed 16 square miles, and more than 100,000 died and 1,000,000 left homeless.

[nickcarraway]

By the way, we left Japan (and Germany) in much better shape then our supposed ally the U.K.

The U.K. did not end World War II until July, 1945. (Although cheese viability for decades more.) Coal rationing didn't end until July, 1958. By 1967, Japan's GDP was 11% higher than the U.K.

Japan (and Germany's) economy took off, while the U.K.'s was never the same.

The U.K. didn't finish paying off it's wartime debt to the U.S. until I think 2004.

[Bikkuri]

We only had those 2 bombs. Anything after that was a bluff.