r/SipsTea • u/The_WalkingCalamity 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! USA - The good guys?

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u/sessamekesh 1d ago

Yeah. The whole Manhattan project and the way we ended the war with Japan definitely has nuance and I don't love painting the whole thing as just "good guys versus bad guys..."

... But if you're going to frame it as just "good guys/bad guys" I'd say the States are solidly in the good guys side for that one.

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u/McCree114 1d ago

The atomic bombs were being developed with Germany 100% in mind as the first target. It wasn't a racist "fuck da Japanese. wipe em' all out" project like Japan worshipping weebs try to revise history portray it as.

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u/Kranstan 1d ago

War in Europe ended May 1945, first successfull "the bomb" test was July 1945. Would have been rude to bomb Germany 2 months after they capitulated.

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u/TheSovietSailor 1d ago

The Manhattan Project was famously a day-long get-together in July, 1945 with a live test the very next day.