I heard there was a plot to stop the emperor from surrendering, despite the massive devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It would’ve taken 10x as many losses from air raids and ground battles for them to concede.
Comment on ‘There wasn’t enough about the horror’: Hiroshima survivors react to Oppenheimer
LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 7 months agoNPR played an interview with a survivor.
He said that he hoped people in Japan would watch Oppenheimer and see the excitement when the nuclear bomb testing succeeded. He felt that it showed the American point of view and that a bomb was their ticket out of a terrible war with Japan.
He also said we should discuss these things now because by the time the century anniversary comes there will be none of “us” left.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Jax@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
It’s interesting how differently survivors of an event feel when compared to people who only ever learned about the event through history.