The decisive factor in Japan's decision to surrender was the Soviet entry into the war and the Japanese elite's fear of Soviet influence. The enduring myth of the effectiveness of the atomic bombs, however, birthed the ideology of deterrence.https://t.co/s4njYRO6pj
— Chronicles Magazine (@ChroniclesMag) August 9, 2020
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"Nagasaki was the center of Catholicism in Japan. It had the biggest Christian population of any city in the country. And yet there we were – Catholics killing Catholics, and Protestants killing Protestants."
— Plough Publishing (@PloughBooks) August 9, 2020
US Marine Paul Pappas on dropping the bomb.https://t.co/9LqwP7DdJI
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