There is a whole lot of stuff that contradicts the "Japan was ready to surrender". Mostly revolving who contacted the Swedish Ambassador to pass it along to the U.S. That is what wing of the Japanese government was offering the claim. I haven't read all the sources, there are too many, but it seems there was a question of why then didn't the Japanese, via the Emperor, go on the radio and announce and unconditional surrender? Likely because they still wanted to negotiate. So that was one of the conflicts.
The other, seemingly ignored by those that only focus on the surrender offer, was Operation Downfall , the invasion of Japan. This was a larger reason to drop the bombs than threats to the U.S.S.R. (I believe that was a fringe benefit). Why do I write this? Because Operation Downfall was already being organized from Okinawa...and it would involved OVER 1 MILLION G.I.s invading the southern home islands. *10 times the size of the U.S. participation in D-Day* in Normandy. This when the U.S. was becoming more and more tired of the war and sentiment to "end it now" was growing across the U.S. electorate. Each staff for every major General and Admiral put together statistics on expected causalities. A very in-exact science. MORE interesting was the total number of civilian Japanese casualties...most studies, and remember an inexact statistical science, predicted over 1 million civilians dead or about 5 times that of those that dies under the atomic bombings. If one is really interested in the "why?" one should read all the different sides of the debate. Just wanted to throw in the other side(s) of this. David -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31502): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31502 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107753500/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
