August 9, 1945
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taxhonesty
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salam
one thing not mentioned in the article was near the end of the war the emperor had vitually no power and was nearly overthrown by the Japanese military. They wanted him gone precisely because he was trying to end the war. The dropping of bomb was part of the invasion plan. They wanted to drop somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty bombs and then invade because the Japanese were crazy kamikaze like fighters. This had been a proven fact throughout the war in the pacific and as we got closer to Japan there determination to halt allied advance increased. Tactics included flying airplanes into carrier groups, bonzai charges into machine gun fire, and using a single man to detonate anti-tank mines. Let me clarify the last tactic dig a hole, place a big bomb in it, jump in hole, wait for approaching tank column, then detonate. Well enough with the suicide tactics. The real goal of dropping the A-bomb was a propaganda stunt. Truman wanted to send a warning to Stalin. That warning was the A-bomb.