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Originally Posted by spanky part 2
Do you read any history books at all. The top military officials in Japan did NOT want to surrender after we dropped two nukes on their cities. Now why in the world would you think they would have done differently if they were dropped outside cities.
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Yes, the military leaders did not want to surrender (unconditionally).
Yes, there would probably been more killed by invasion.
But the emperor overruled the military leaders and surrendered. It was also the russians invasion of Manchuria that lead to it. So same result could have been achieved without overwhelming kills. There are no moral justifications if you add this option.