[God luvs America]

This is what won the war- not hiroshoma and nagasaki. That just ended the war.

[Gaffer]

Something had to break the hold the Japanese Army and Navy had over Japan. Bringing the war to the normal Japanese citizen was really the only way. They had to see the same kind of horror and killing that their Army and Navy put to the rest of the world.

[libertylover]

This is what won the war- not hiroshoma and nagasaki. That just ended the war.

Are you saying that the U.S. continued bombing of Japan, including two nuclear bombs, 5 months after Japan surrendered? Who knew.