During a speech at a signing ceremony annexing four regions of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin rails against the West, accusing it of hypocrisy and lies and saying it was the only nation during World War Two to use nuclear weapons on Japan and that it bombed German cities to “intimidate” the Soviet Union.
Yes, and how is that relevant now? The current problem is *your* nuclear threats, not those of the US.
Maybe because only US had nuclear weapons in WW2.
1 to prove a point and 1 for revenge/good measure…
Also it is important to notice that the US was already winning, so they werent used as a “if i cant have it no one can”
Yes it was, gold star for you Putin. You’re usually not very factual about history so well done!
Pretty sure U.S. was also the only country with working and tested nuclear weapons.
Shocker
the US is the only nation that HAD them in WW2. you can be damn sure hitler and the japanese would have used them if they had them.
A rare truth, but of course it’s pointless.
Maybe because no one else had them? Even so, I doubt that nowadays many people in the West see well the use of a nuke against civilian population of a non-nuclear country…
Of course, while some of us are trying to move towards a better future, you want to go back to the time of the Tzars…
Dear God, he’s right.
I wonder when he said this, was it just a “no u” response to all the nuke talk, or is he building up an excuse…
Yes the US used nuclear weapons during WW2 and it was a sad decision that we did. Japan had no intention of giving up their war efforts even after the Nazis being defeated. It’s not a proud moment that we in the US have. After the end of the war the US spent millions in helping rebuild and we started mending relations with Japan. Why would any other nation be willing to join the sad and despicable club of having used Nuclear weapons on a population? (It’s a rethorical question)
We know, Putin.
Bruh
Rhetoric is really escalating
It’s history hour with uncle Putin again?
The USSR would have use the atomic bomb without a doubt if they had access to it.
Hypocrite.
And?
The difference between then And now is … In WW2, the US was not the aggressor and our homeland had already been attacked. Japan was not going to quit, so we had to fight. Today Russia is the aggressor, it’s homeland is not under threat, and if it wants the war to end, it can just go home.
Objecting to Truman’s decision to use the atom bomb against Japan in 1945 is easy and wrong.
You don’t judge policy against perfection you judge policy against the realistic alternatives and the alternative to using two nuclear bombs against Japan was “operation downfall”.
Conservative estimates of the death toll from operation downfall were 1 million American soldiers one quarter of a million British and commonwealth soldiers.
Between 5 to 7 million Japanese civilians and soldiers dying from starvation guerrilla warfare and conventional bombing.
Truman was right .
Putin is a bastard and a monster exploiting people’s naiveté and stupidity to do evil and bismarch a good person.
Well………..yes
r/technicallythetruth
Because we were the only one that had them.
What he fails to say is that was the first one used in war. After seeing the distruction . stated they didnt want to use it again. Hence came the arms race bigger and more of them.
big if true
Probably the first thing he said that was not a lie
Terrorist calls out other terrorists for doing terrorist shit.
Well, he’s right.
and that’s why they’re banned now. Your point is?
It would be hard for anyone else to use nukes when US was the only country who had them during WW2
No shit Sherlock!
And thank God they dropped it. If they hadn’t it’s scary to think about how many Allied troops and Japanese (troops and civilians) would have died if the Allies had to invade the home islands. And let’s not even talk about how many more Allied POWs and Chinese civilians would have died if the war continued any longer.
The US being the only nation to develop nuclear weapons during WW2 was probably the best scenario. They also used it rather responsibly given the information at hand. If any Axis power or Red Army had that, Europe would probably be a nuclear wasteland today.
It was an *interesting* speech, you might want to read it. You will then learn that the reasons Putin annexes this territory include the US nuking Japan, as well as the fact that trans people exist. Both of this apparently constitute a thread so existential against Russia that all it can do is annex its neighbors.
“Why can others use nuclear weapons but I can’t?” Vladimir that small only lives for feeling of greatness and being feared of.
Next he’ll reveal the sky is blue
Did the US, or literally anyone, claim otherwise?
Just because the nazis couldn’t kidnap scientist all over Europe
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During a speech at a signing ceremony annexing four regions of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin rails against the West, accusing it of hypocrisy and lies and saying it was the only nation during World War Two to use nuclear weapons on Japan and that it bombed German cities to “intimidate” the Soviet Union.
Yes, and how is that relevant now? The current problem is *your* nuclear threats, not those of the US.
Maybe because only US had nuclear weapons in WW2.
1 to prove a point and 1 for revenge/good measure…
Also it is important to notice that the US was already winning, so they werent used as a “if i cant have it no one can”
Yes it was, gold star for you Putin. You’re usually not very factual about history so well done!
Pretty sure U.S. was also the only country with working and tested nuclear weapons.
Shocker
the US is the only nation that HAD them in WW2. you can be damn sure hitler and the japanese would have used them if they had them.
A rare truth, but of course it’s pointless.
Maybe because no one else had them? Even so, I doubt that nowadays many people in the West see well the use of a nuke against civilian population of a non-nuclear country…
Of course, while some of us are trying to move towards a better future, you want to go back to the time of the Tzars…
Dear God, he’s right.
I wonder when he said this, was it just a “no u” response to all the nuke talk, or is he building up an excuse…
Yes the US used nuclear weapons during WW2 and it was a sad decision that we did. Japan had no intention of giving up their war efforts even after the Nazis being defeated. It’s not a proud moment that we in the US have. After the end of the war the US spent millions in helping rebuild and we started mending relations with Japan. Why would any other nation be willing to join the sad and despicable club of having used Nuclear weapons on a population? (It’s a rethorical question)
We know, Putin.
Bruh
Rhetoric is really escalating
It’s history hour with uncle Putin again?
The USSR would have use the atomic bomb without a doubt if they had access to it.
Hypocrite.
And?
The difference between then And now is … In WW2, the US was not the aggressor and our homeland had already been attacked. Japan was not going to quit, so we had to fight. Today Russia is the aggressor, it’s homeland is not under threat, and if it wants the war to end, it can just go home.
Objecting to Truman’s decision to use the atom bomb against Japan in 1945 is easy and wrong.
You don’t judge policy against perfection you judge policy against the realistic alternatives and the alternative to using two nuclear bombs against Japan was “operation downfall”.
Conservative estimates of the death toll from operation downfall were 1 million American soldiers one quarter of a million British and commonwealth soldiers.
Between 5 to 7 million Japanese civilians and soldiers dying from starvation guerrilla warfare and conventional bombing.
Truman was right .
Putin is a bastard and a monster exploiting people’s naiveté and stupidity to do evil and bismarch a good person.
Well………..yes
r/technicallythetruth
Because we were the only one that had them.
What he fails to say is that was the first one used in war. After seeing the distruction . stated they didnt want to use it again. Hence came the arms race bigger and more of them.
big if true
Probably the first thing he said that was not a lie
Terrorist calls out other terrorists for doing terrorist shit.
Well, he’s right.
and that’s why they’re banned now. Your point is?
It would be hard for anyone else to use nukes when US was the only country who had them during WW2
No shit Sherlock!
And thank God they dropped it. If they hadn’t it’s scary to think about how many Allied troops and Japanese (troops and civilians) would have died if the Allies had to invade the home islands. And let’s not even talk about how many more Allied POWs and Chinese civilians would have died if the war continued any longer.
The US being the only nation to develop nuclear weapons during WW2 was probably the best scenario. They also used it rather responsibly given the information at hand. If any Axis power or Red Army had that, Europe would probably be a nuclear wasteland today.
It was an *interesting* speech, you might want to read it. You will then learn that the reasons Putin annexes this territory include the US nuking Japan, as well as the fact that trans people exist. Both of this apparently constitute a thread so existential against Russia that all it can do is annex its neighbors.
“Why can others use nuclear weapons but I can’t?” Vladimir that small only lives for feeling of greatness and being feared of.
Next he’ll reveal the sky is blue
Did the US, or literally anyone, claim otherwise?
Just because the nazis couldn’t kidnap scientist all over Europe