• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    18 hours ago

    They had literally agreed to surrender before the first bomb dropped, their only condition being that the emperor remain, which the US agreed to anyway.

      • Eq0@literature.cafe
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        11 hours ago

        In our timeline, after two nuclear bombs were dropped, a coup almost happened that would have blocked the surrender of Japan. Would it have been different without the bombs?