@vereskheath@Schizointel The cities themselves were chosen because they contain military and manufacturing infrastructure as the Japanese entered the war thinking they couldn't be touched
@vereskheath@Schizointel We literally dropped pamphlets telling the civilians exactly what we were about to do and telling them to leave the city if they wanted to survive. Everyone except the children and those who couldn't leave chose to stay
@vereskheath@Schizointel The nukes were chosen to end the war as quickly as possible with the fewest casualties. Other plans called for several years and millions of dead Japanese and more than a million American casualties. The nukes ended the war in 3 days with 250000 dead
@vereskheath@Schizointel We nuked two cities and stopped because the emporer forced Japan to surrender before we dropped a third. Every other plan would have killed millions of Japanese civilians across the entire country instead 250000 in two cities.
@DocStrangelove2 Ran one as a yard truck at the collision center I used to work at and absolutely nothing beat it for utility when it came to moving stuff between and inside buildings. Especially moving shit like hoods
@DocStrangelove2 I mean they're great as light duty commercial vehicles in places where you need a small vehicle with a tight turn radius. Ya know what they're supposed to be for. They're also fun to whip around in but you couldn't pay me to take one on a road with a speed limit over 45
@Ckarion@Schizointel Contained? Ah so you're a fan of the plan to starve them into submission. Probably would have taken awhile. Even after two nukes part of their military wanted to kill the emperor to keep fighting so I'd imagine they'd have held out a few years
@vereskheath@Schizointel You understand that the Japanese military was literally planning to arm those women, children and elderly with spears and home made guns to fight? And that the firebombing and starvation campaigns planned would have potentially killed millions more of them?
@dream_ego_@Schizointel Ah yes the Japanese military that the emperor had to force to surrender after getting nuked twice with factions willing to lead a coup against the emperor to continue fighting was willing to surrender