Various people pushing "it wasn't the bomb, it was The Russians/The Emperor staying/The Japanese Just gave up" narratives have got into a lot of the secondary histories. The reason for… (View Post)

Incidentally, when the Japanese were running out of everything at the end of WWII. Including cities… they tried “negotiating a surrender”. Thing like asking the Russians for an alliance (this was jus… (View Post)

At the war cabinet meeting after Nagasaki, they considered the fact that - the Americans had sunk pretty much the whole navy - The Americans had sunk pretty much all the merchant ships. - The allies … (View Post)

The “negotiations” included such gems as - Japan would not be occupied - The Japanese military would remain - The conquests wouldn’t be given up - The Japanese offered the Russians to team up to figh… (View Post)

The wording of the law "banning prayer" actually creates a "safe zone" within which certain activities that would be normally legal are banned. these are - Influences any person’s… (View Post)