Helloooo@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that Over the course of the seven-month Blitz (Sept 1940 – May 1941) in WW2 , nearly 30,000 Londoners were killed, averaging around 4,200 deaths per month.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Over the course of the seven-month Blitz (Sept 1940 – May 1941) in WW2 , nearly 30,000 Londoners were killed, averaging around 4,200 deaths per month.en.wikipedia.orgHelloooo@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThat’s part of it, but it’s also just a fundamental misconception it seems everyone shares, that making life horrible will force surrender. And in fairness, there is a level of destruction that will do that - ask Japan about that.
minus-squarecabb@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoJapan was already going to surrender. Their final decision came down more to the Soviets opening up a second front on top of the overall progress of the US in its island hopping campaign and defeat of the IJN than the use of Nuclear bombs.
That’s part of it, but it’s also just a fundamental misconception it seems everyone shares, that making life horrible will force surrender.
And in fairness, there is a level of destruction that will do that - ask Japan about that.
Japan was already going to surrender. Their final decision came down more to the Soviets opening up a second front on top of the overall progress of the US in its island hopping campaign and defeat of the IJN than the use of Nuclear bombs.