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Oppenheimer to finally be released in Japan after ‘Barbenheimer’ backlash (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Internet references conflating the two films drew anger in Japan, which was twice attacked by nuclear weapons during the second world war

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

While that is true, as declassified documents show, it's important to note they didn't have that many more bombs ready at the moment (IIRC they did have a third one ready to be dropped) but they were being manufactured as quickly as they could, so the war would have to last a while for all of them to be used. But they planned to, which is a little scary

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yes, the article mentions the manufacturing bottleneck.

It's insane that after seeing the effects of the first 2 bombs, military leaders still lobbied for more to be dropped.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

The nuclear bombs were hardly more cruel than any other part of WW2. Nukes killed a comparatively low number of people. Per unit, nukes are scary, but it was just a drop in the bucket.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Only if Japan didn't surrender after themselves seeing the effects.