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today marks the 60th anniversary of japans official surrender, thus ending world war two.
japan had placed dozens of surrender offers on the table after germany surrendered may 7th. but the allies refused, specifically the u.s., while it meanwhile justified the nuclear bombings by saying that invading japan would have cost millions of u.s. lives.
why would such an invasion have been necessary, given many repeated surrender offers prior to the nukings? there are many reasons offered for the nukings, but the one which seems most inane is the "an invasion would have cost millions of lives" explanation.
japan was facing a food shortage by the time germany surrended. by june 1945, people were starving to death in the streets. in may 1945 japan found itself without adequate metal resources to produce bullets, or a new navy, for instance.
in late july 1945, after another surrender offer was ignored, the japanese public, fearing a full-scale invasion of honshu, began arming themselves with swords and staves made of *wood*.
in may 1945, japan found itself alone against the u.s., the u.s.s.r., canada, brazil, england, and many others. and it was strapped for resources.
say it was to intimidate the russians. say it was to intimidate its own civilians. say it was a show of u.s. force. but don't tell me that the nukes were dropped on japan because invading japan would have cost millions of u.s. lives.
additionally, it must also be pointed out that japan saw itself as the hero of an east asia beleaguered by a century of submission to western nations. was it imperialistic at the time? sure. SO WAS ENGLAND, WHOM WE SUPPORTED UNEQUIVOCALLY UPON ENTERING THE WAR.
as fission bombs dropped on the empire of the sun, so dawned the nuclear age.
and finally, hiroshima was uranium-bombed 92 days after germany surrendered on may 7th (counting may 7th). japan's surrender was officially accepted on september 2nd, or 9-2. uranium's atomic number? 92.
p.s. the first atomic test was in the san andreas (andru) mountains of new mexico, less than 100 miles from where bush signed the recent energy policy expanding the nuclear program - and he signed it there during the two day period between the 60th anniversary of hiroshima (aug. 6) and nagasaki (aug. 9). what a coincidence.
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