I love Dan Carlin too, but you have to listen with a critical ear. He endorsed the standard, but very questionable, idea that the US basically had to atom bomb two Japanese cities because if we didn't they'd fight to the last grandmother.
IIRC he also endorsed the now largely discredited idea that the atom bomb attack is what caused the Japanese to surrender.
IIRC he also endorsed the now largely discredited idea that the atom bomb attack is what caused the Japanese to surrender.