[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Zee

The war in Europe ended in May 1945. The USA dropped bombs on Japan of its own accord in August 1945. America only stepped in on the Allies' side for financial reasons; plenty of Americans were keen supporters of the Nazis, it was purely a business decision, not one based on morality or a desire to help, pure financial gain, so no, America didn't have to step in, it wanted to step in. There was never an okay time to use them, and using them opened up a can of worms that still affects the world today, in my opinion. It may have caused the Japanese to surrender but they were well on their way to that point before America dropped the bombs by all accounts.

lol, i love how Brits say America was "late to the war" but you have the audacity to say the war was over when Germany was defeated. Shows that the Brits think ww2 was only a European war. It was CREATED by Europe, but it wasn't just a EUROPEAN war. It was a WORLD WAR. (hence the name)

I love all you Brits, monday morning quarterbacking, the UK didn't give a **** about the pacific at that point, so easy to now say "well Japan wasn't really that important, they would have surrendered...maybe, probably..."