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Topic	The war was all but won when America dropped the a-bomb
K181 08/29/19 6:21:43 PM #9:	The notion that American high command uniformly believed that the war was almost over is an after the fact invention. Most policy planners actively believed that Japan was going to fight to the bitter end given their experiences in Okinawa and the Philippines, even if said beliefs were built upon falsehoods. Not to mention that a junior officer putsch did try to overthrow the Japanese high command to prevent the surrender even after Nagasaki. They were mass producing Purple Hearts by the hundreds of thousands for a reason. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:926712187] in The war wa... [t:77973369]...</cite> <quote>The notion that American high command uniformly believed that the war was almost over is an after the fact invention. Most policy planners actively believed that Japan was going to fight to the bitter end given their experiences in Okinawa and the Philippines, even if said beliefs were built upon falsehoods. Not to mention that a junior officer putsch did try to overthrow the Japanese high command to prevent the surrender even after Nagasaki. They were mass producing Purple Hearts by the hundreds of thousands for a reason. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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