Regarding the use of atomic bombs against Japan:
Both cities were the military capitals of their prefects. Hiroshima had nearly 90,000 soldiers in the city. The Minister of War had declared that all adult or nearly adult Japanese were soldiers, militarizing most of the population of each city. Both cities were centers of war material production.
And it was at Hiroshima Bay that Yamamoto anchored his flagship, Nagato, and waited for the results of his pet project, the raid on Pearl Harbor. Kismet this!
Both cities were the military capitals of their prefects. Hiroshima had nearly 90,000 soldiers in the city. The Minister of War had declared that all adult or nearly adult Japanese were soldiers, militarizing most of the population of each city. Both cities were centers of war material production.
And it was at Hiroshima Bay that Yamamoto anchored his flagship, Nagato, and waited for the results of his pet project, the raid on Pearl Harbor. Kismet this!