08-15-2020, 03:00 PM
You bring up a great point on the revisionist history thing. I guess those who wish to bash the US can use it as a cudgel provided no one looks any deeper than the rhetoric.
A lot of the Japanese military records demonstrate a far greater concern for the Soviets engaging their forces in the East than the dropping of the bombs.
IMHO, that sentiment proved prescient. The Soviets did not pay any heed to the surrender until after they had secured large swaths of territory.
A lot of the Japanese military records demonstrate a far greater concern for the Soviets engaging their forces in the East than the dropping of the bombs.
IMHO, that sentiment proved prescient. The Soviets did not pay any heed to the surrender until after they had secured large swaths of territory.