BigBadBob141
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Given the mind set of the Japanese Military at the time I think a negotiated peace would have been highly unlikely.
Rather I think they would have preferred to go out in a blaze of so-called glory, taking everyone else with them.
Look at Okinawa, the Japanese army feed the civilian population with lies about how the Americans would treat them, then forced them to commit suicide.
I still think the bombs were justified.
As for the Dam-Buster raid, the civilian death toll was unfortunate but the dams were a legitimate target.
If fully successful the raid would have set back German Industry for some time.
However it did not take the Germans too long to repair them, and any follow up raid would have probable failed due to increased anti-aircraft guns.
Rather I think they would have preferred to go out in a blaze of so-called glory, taking everyone else with them.
Look at Okinawa, the Japanese army feed the civilian population with lies about how the Americans would treat them, then forced them to commit suicide.
I still think the bombs were justified.
As for the Dam-Buster raid, the civilian death toll was unfortunate but the dams were a legitimate target.
If fully successful the raid would have set back German Industry for some time.
However it did not take the Germans too long to repair them, and any follow up raid would have probable failed due to increased anti-aircraft guns.