Re: Remembrance Day.
Somebody in WWII calculated that nuking Japan would create fewer casualties than letting the war with the empire continue... even if the casualties were civilian as opposed to military.
Nukes are supposed to be tools of leverage. Do what I say, or you get the nuke. I'd say the Japanese felt the US was bluffing... and if they were, the war would be prolonged with great casualties and ultimately the leverage would never be useful. After the first bomb was dropped, I assume Japan was shocked, yet still not out of the war. If Japan continued in the war with few soldiers (I don't know the numbers, maybe bases were hit) taken out from the nuke, then the bomb would have been completely in vain, and a tremendous tragedy. Once again, a bomb is dropped to demonstrate how serious the states were.
It was basically the world against Japan. I feel the united states should not have threatened Japan in the first place. Rather, continue the combat and accept the losses rather than showing the world that it can be an evil bastard when push comes to shove.
Of course... Japan was rebuilt and is now the modern Japan we know it as. Aaand, considering this is all written in a Gaming forum, I'm sure all you GameCube fans are happy.
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