Awesome presentation! I've never heard of the references and the quotes DDB gives that clarify the A-Bomb as the key reason for Hirohito's decision to surrender. Most historians will assert that the Russian invasion of Manchuria was what tipped the scales. Evidently, no so much.
" ... moral advancement ... "? 2 Peter 3:10 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”
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Awesome presentation! I've never heard of the references and the quotes DDB gives that clarify the A-Bomb as the key reason for Hirohito's decision to surrender. Most historians will assert that the Russian invasion of Manchuria was what tipped the scales. Evidently, no so much.
" ... moral advancement ... "?
2 Peter 3:10
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”