Why the Japanese Military wanted to fight on after(!) the 2nd Nuke (feat. D.M. Giangreco)
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Some people suggest that the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were completely unnecessary, this is quite an "interesting" view considering that the Japanese military actually wanted to continue to fight after the second Atomic bomb was dropped. In this video, we take a closer at this issue. This video features parts of an interview with D. M. Giangreco the author of Hell to Pay. Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947. The full interview is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4uDfg38gyk or here as podcast (also on iTunes etc.): https://shows.pippa.io/military-history-visualized/16-interview-with-dm-giangreco-author-of-hell-to-pay-the-inv »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« » twitter - https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized » facebook - https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ » twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/militaryhistoryvisualized » minds.com - https://www.minds.com/militaryhistoryvisualized » SOURCES « Giangreco, D. M.: Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947. US Naval Institute Press: United States, 2017. Tillmann, Barrett: Whirlwind – The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945. Simon & Schuster: United States, 2010. Frank, Richard B.: Why Japan agreed to Unconditional Surrender, in: Military History Quarterly Autumn 2015, p. 25-37 » DATA CHAIN « Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Made with GeoHack Data. https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php - License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone
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