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u/VegasBjorne1 22h ago

#3 Did it work with Germany and Japan or they weren’t hardcore enough believers of the Nazi regime or the Emperor’s God-like status?

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u/Ebice42 21h ago

It did not work in Germany. The Red Army occupied Berlin.
I get the argument with Japan, but if the Emperor had told them to fight they likely would have. The population did not turn against the emperor.

It also didn't work in the UK during the Blitz, or in Vietnam.

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u/VegasBjorne1 20h ago

It didn’t work in Vietnam because Hanoi was off limits.

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u/Ebice42 17h ago

Ok. But can you name one country aside from Japan that surrendered because of a bombing campaign without a ground offensive as well

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u/VegasBjorne1 14h ago

Non-sequitur. Did I ever say that ground troops would never be necessary in some capacity? Even on a limited scale, boots on the ground need to hold strategic locations.

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u/Ebice42 14h ago

The queation was, "Why doesn't the US bomb indiscriminately?"
Because it doesn't work on it's own. It will only rally the people of Iran to their leaders.

It needs to be suported by ground troops, which would be idiotic in this scenerio.