EllEzDee said:
Merkavar said:
wouldnt the 2 nukes droped on japan been enough payback for pearl harbour?
Pearl Harbour needed payback? Pearl Harbour was just a military manoeuvre, it didn't need payback. The nukes were just an overkill attempt at forcing them into surrender.
It's great to see all the uneducated 13 year old Call of Duty playing Americans still thinking the Japs are evil for their role in the war.
Actually the US was trying to end the war as quickly as possible because with the main perceived threat already defeated (the Germans) and the Italians long since defeated all that was left was these backwards Asians that most people didn't care about.
And aside from public opinion the US was going bankrupt.
Oh, and the Russians were getting ready to throw in their lot.
Pearl Harbor actually killed a great deal of US soldiers - almost 5,000 and sunk a great deal of the Pacific fleet.
The nukes were highly justified. Make no bones about it. At the time we had every reason to believe the Japanese had a lot of fight left in them, and actually assaulting mainland Japan would have been a nightmare.
As for the actual subject, welcome to the internet. People are dumb. I'll never understand why people insist on hating a country when they're still more than happy to buy their products. If you've used a cellphone, computer, or just about any tech device in the last 20 years it's got something either made or designed by the Japanese in it.