Why did Japan surrender? - The Boston Globe

alice wellintown alicewellintown at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 06:22:11 CST 2011


The Japs didn't want to kill one million or so Americans; that's why
they gave in. Killing Chinese or Russians was another matter. Of
course, the bomb was not a factor. How could it be, just two more days
in the war.

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Who would disagree:
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> "Better to surrender to Washington than to Moscow."
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> 2011/11/28 Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com>:
>> Fascinating.
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>> http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/08/07/why_did_japan_surrender/?page=full
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