# New article claims "The Atomic Bombings of Japan Were Based on Lies" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-article-claims-the-atomic-bombings-of-japan-were-based-on-lies/988390 "2023-08-11T06:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-article-claims-the-atomic-bombings-of-japan-were-based-on-lies/988390/27 "2023-08-11T21:11:12Z")
Here is a prior thread on the topic of what the various factions / departments within the US government thought it would take to defeat Japan conventionally. this gets very close to the question of how justified they beleived they were in using the nukes on Japan. > [@WWII - As of VE Day, does anyone know how long government and military officials expected it to take to defeat Japan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-as-of-ve-day-does-anyone-know-how-long-government-and-military-officials-expected-it-to-take-to-defeat-japan/982787): > > I was looking at some old newspapers on [newspapers.com](http://newspapers.com) - mostly US (my country), but some British and commonwealth. Right around VE Day, seems like reporters talked to everyone who could conceivably have an opinion and found out how long they thought it would take for Japan to be defeated. I saw numbers anywhere from 3 months to 3 years. Obviously, the former was the more accurate. But do we have internal documents saying how long the military expected it to take? The higher-ranking governm… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-article-claims-the-atomic-bombings-of-japan-were-based-on-lies/988390)._