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Topic	Dropping the Atom Bomb saved Japan from all-out annihilation
VFrench1962 04/25/23 4:42:09 PM #14:	hexa posted... Japanese Emperor Hirohito did not surrender after the first atomic bomb, nor after the second atomic bomb. It wasn't until the Soviet Union declared war on Japan that Hirohito decided to surrender Nevertheless, there was a coup attempt to prevent Emperor Hirohito from surrendering. The Japanese generals were able to detain Emperor Hirohito for an hour or two before they got enough threats that they let him go I believe this is correct, they locked him under house arrest essentially. The war would have raged on - and a land invasion would have killed millions upon millions <cite>VFrench1962 posted [p:973071071] in Dropping t... [t:80423702]...</cite> <quote>hexa posted... </cite><quote>Japanese Emperor Hirohito did not surrender after the first atomic bomb, nor after the second atomic bomb. It wasn't until the Soviet Union declared war on Japan that Hirohito decided to surrenderNevertheless, there was a coup attempt to prevent Emperor Hirohito from surrendering. The Japanese generals were able to detain Emperor Hirohito for an hour or two before they got enough threats that they let him go</quote>I believe this is correct, they locked him under house arrest essentially. The war would have raged on - and a land invasion would have killed millions upon millions </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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