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A nuclear war definitely implies use of nuclear weapons on both sides. That was nuclear conquest, or nuclear terrorism.
Just slaughtering civilians in a country that was already willing to negotiate their surrender.
Japan wasn't exactly a bunch of saints when it came to slaughtering civilians.
Japanese civilians weren't exactly the ones doing the slaughtering. It's not like the nukes targeted a military target.
I was definitely talking about the nation of Japan and their military.
So? The nukes weren't dropped on he military. They just slaughtered civilians.
Willing to negotiate a surrender favourable to them, sure.
Willing to negotiate a surrender that wouldn't force them to become a conquest of the US. They just wanted to keep their own government. The US refused, it wanted unconditional surrender and total control of Japan.
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