When I researched "Tidal Wave" (which totally changed my mind about the A-bombs when I found the Supreme War Council record for August 9 and realized the bomb had no effect on policy), it became pretty clear to me that, had the offer of retaining the emperor been made any time after the Potsdam Declaration, the Japanese peace party would have acted as they did with Hirohito after the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. And the "dead-enders" would have lost their major argument for continuing the war. The war could indeed have ended without the bombs. This has led me to agree with those who believe the use of the bomb was to declare American "world supremacy" and to warn the Soviets to "back off."
When I researched "Tidal Wave" (which totally changed my mind about the A-bombs when I found the Supreme War Council record for August 9 and realized the bomb had no effect on policy), it became pretty clear to me that, had the offer of retaining the emperor been made any time after the Potsdam Declaration, the Japanese peace party would have acted as they did with Hirohito after the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. And the "dead-enders" would have lost their major argument for continuing the war. The war could indeed have ended without the bombs. This has led me to agree with those who believe the use of the bomb was to declare American "world supremacy" and to warn the Soviets to "back off."
“...t-shaped bride?”