Myth 8: The use of atomic weapons led to Japan’s capitulation
Another myth that is popular is the one that involves the Soviet Union and the invasion of Japan. The Russian army invaded Japan on the same day that our country exploded its 2nd atomic weapon, the plutonium bomb called the “Fat Man”.
The United States army had already firebombed 66 Japanese cities before dropping the A-bomb. From the standpoint of a university professor from Japan, it doesn’t really make a great difference whether people are dying from firebombing or atomic bombs. He said that the population simply saw everything as 2 extra city centers that were devastated.
On the other hand, a conflict with the Soviet Union would require the Japanese army to engage in combat with tens of millions of more troops.
There was a neutrality pact between the 2 nations before the Soviet Union decided to invade Japan. However, the Asians had some mixed feelings about the pact.
They anticipated that it would place the Soviets in a position to mediate amicable armistice terms between Japan and the United States. But given the circumstances, it was no longer an option. Japan’s destiny was already decided for them and it wasn’t a good one.
I wish that there were not separate click on pages and just a one article. What is the justifiucation? Ads? Better way to do it that is less irritating.
War is NEEDED to stay free there is ALWAYS some one that thinks they are the smartest one to rule and they get the power And Yes it is up to the Young to stop them if they want to stay free thinking
Know of an Italian Pilot who was shot down by British and transported to U.S. and later released. He found an American Woman, married her and became a U.S. Citizen.
“So here’s the thing: two-thirds of the American military in WWII were drafted, not enlisted. The opposite happened when the war in Vietnam took place: two-thirds of American soldiers were enlisted, not drafted.” YOUR WORDS.
You are using the words enlisted and drafted like they have opposite meanings. Drafted simply means you did not volunteer. When you are in the service, you are either a commissioned officer. or enlisted. You can be a volunteer as an officer or enlisted. It is unusual to be a drafted officer.
This is written confusingly.
I believe the exterminated Roma or Gypsies too
During WWII a lot of the men enlisted because of social pressure or the anger of having a friend die in combat and hoping to feel “revenge” by fighting the enemy. During Vietnam many (perhaps most) of the enlisted did so to prevent being drafted. You knew if you were prime for being drafted (no deferment, or later a low lottery number) so many enlisted to have some choice which branch of the military they went into or sometimes what they would be doing (hopefully)—like electronics, communications, food prep, etc.
Fascinating and previously unknown facts about WWII!!! I find all these fact astounding and truly eye-opening as well as horrifying!!
There were not even 6 million Jews in Europe in 1939. This figure had been written in newspapers decades before WWII even began. The real history of WWII has yet to be revealed, but it will be.
Spilting hairs i think.
Nothing you stated is new to me.
I learned in history class
Maybe we dont talk about this in current history classes but we definitely should
Society should never forget the horrors of any war
I fault news media and current historians who seem to be trying to rewrite history
Given the title of this article “10 Myths You Need to Stop Believing” about WW2, and particularly since you wanted to give the Soviet Union much of the credit for defeating Germany:
“Sources say that the Soviet Union is mostly to blame for the Nazis’ defeat, not any other nation. More than 80% of Germany’s military deaths happened on the eastern front, which lost nine times as many soldiers as the western front.”
…one would also think you would want to set the record straight about the Soviet Union’s involvement in starting the war to begin with. There are many who believe, for instance, that it was the Molotov-Ribbentropp Pact which green-lighted Hitler’s invasion of the West. And there is absolutely no debate about the fact that Soviet troops entered Poland during the German invasion there. In other words, Poland was partitioned between NAZI Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union.
For more details see Victor Davis Hanson’s “The Second World Wars.”
In other words, those same “victims” of Nazi Germany (ie the Russians) were instrumental in UNLEASHING Hitler to begin with.
If you read Churchill’s memoirs, the situation went from one of the UK warning the Soviets about an upcoming invasion of their country, to one of STALIN demanding an immediate second front in France…almost overnight.
Karma is a bitch.
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