the civil government did want to surrender, it was the military

who wanted to keep fighting but the Emperor said no and even then some rebel Army units tried to stop the surrender announcement.

As for the Yanks not having enough material for a third bomb, I wonder how long it would have taken to produce that third bomb, months ? Doubt it would have taken years. The Yanks could have just waited off mainland Japan and just continue to bomb and used Yank subs to attack merchant ships etc. The Japanese must have been short of oil for quite a while etc.

Posted By: oh arr on August 8th 2005 at 05:21:32

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hiroshima (General Chat) - SCC 26, Aug 7, 22:04:14
- Not quite as black and white as that (General Chat) - HarryHelveg, Aug 7, 22:06:54
  - ended the war (General Chat) - SCC 26, Aug 7, 22:13:46
    - Still kills people to this day though (General Chat) - Jester, Aug 8, 04:50:49
      - fair enough (General Chat) - SCC 26, Aug 8, 10:25:53
  - Nagasaki, on the other hand, was completely unncessary. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 7, 22:08:21
    - In a sense, both were a strategic failure (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Aug 7, 22:12:58
      - wrong, what made the Emperor order a surrender then ? (n/m) (General Chat) - oh arr, Aug 7, 22:16:50
        
        Which is why I said (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Aug 7, 22:21:25
        
        the civil government did want to surrender, it was the military (General Chat) - oh arr, Aug 8, 05:21:32
        
        They were about to bomb Tokyo (General Chat) - Jester, Aug 8, 08:12:10

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