[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..."

[Z]

Originally Posted by lostalex

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)

What are you even talking about? You're quoting words that I didn't even type. I said the war in Europe was over when Germany was defeated, i.e. where the majority of the fighting had taken place precisely because it was created by Europe. The Soviet Union had the most casualties of World War II. Most of the brutal fighting took place on the Eastern front. America and Japan had their own separate conflict going on that America chose to settle by dropping two nuclear bombs on Japanese territory with the threat of dropping even more if they chose to carry on fighting. For all intents and purposes, the 'world' aspect of World War II ended in May 1945, because that's when the rest of the world put down the guns and started to clear away the rubble. Firstly I didn't say America was late to the war; but why are you even taking issue with that idea? It didn't become involved in World War II until later on. That is a fact. It became involved because it was being courted by both sides and the financial deals it made with the Allies were the more attractive proposition and that's what drove America into the war. The UK only finished paying back debts to America from World War II in the 21st century, for example.