- 04 Feb 2021 01:52
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@Wellsy
The Japanese were a fanatical enemy who didn't believe in "dishonorable surrender." They would literally fight to the last man, woman or child when it came to occupying the Japanese home islands. When our forces occupied Okinawa, many of the civilians chose to jump off a cliff with their children rather than surrender to our forces. The Japanese put up an insanely fanatical fight.
On the same token, I do think the Soviets played a role because they had a large army in East Germany and Stalin made remarks about wanting to go into France. I think Stalin would have used the large Soviet army to invade Western Europe had it not been for the atomic bomb. In addition, in regards to negotiations over Berlin shortly after World War II had ended, the bomb played a big role in Stalin allowing the West to have half of Berlin.
Otherwise, without the bomb, the Soviets would just merely tell the West to go fuck off and not divide Berlin as well, even with the Berlin airlift. So, the bomb played a key role in deterring a Soviet invasion of Western Europe shortly after World War II and in allowing the West to have half of Berlin. The bomb negated any advantages the Soviets had with having massive large numbers of troops in Eastern Europe and East Germany and Stalin knew it. Hence, why he never invaded Western Europe shortly after the defeat of Germany. The bomb checked Stalin's ambitions, lust for power and desire to dominate all of Europe and perhaps much of the world.
"I need ammunition, not a ride!" -Volodymyr Zelenskyy