• Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
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    If May 8th was victory day for WW2 why did the US keep fighting until August. What war were they fighting… so confused

    Edit. Holy cow you gullible idiots. Of course it’s a joke. VE Day was “victory Europe.” For the US to rename it as victory ww2 day is stupid since the US continued fighting until August. Russia didn’t fight Japan so they had May Day as a celebratory date. Trump is an idiot and so some others…

        • Literally from the Wikipedia link you listed:

          The Soviet Union and Mongolian People’s Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in Manchuria and Mengjiang in Inner Mongolia, as well as northern Korea, Karafuto on the island of Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. The defeat of Japan’s Kwantung Army helped bring about the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II. The Soviet entry into the war was a significant factor in the Japanese government’s decision to surrender unconditionally, as it was made apparent that the Soviet Union was not willing to act as a third party in negotiating an end to hostilities on conditional terms.

          Not that the writing wasn’t on the wall for the Japanese thanks to the US efforts in the war, but that wasn’t enough for them to surrender just yet. It’s speculated that the Soviet entry may have been more important than the A-bomb in the end.

    • Variants of Concern@lemmy.one
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      Poe’s law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author’s intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.

    • Destide@feddit.uk
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      No because you didn’t put an /s and I have to always have a sense of being right for points. I have grown to hate how pedantic Lemmy gets sometimes now days. Can’t make a joke without a six page essay so morons don’t get confused in their rush to feel superior.

    • Stzyxh@feddit.org
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      Bro is that a serious question? Germany capitulated on May 8th, Japan continued to fight. Japan only capitulated after the two atomic bombs were dropped on Nagaaki and Hiroshima.

    • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      Not sure if you’re trolling, but the Pacific Front was a pretty big deal for America. The Japanese didn’t surrender alongside the Germans.

      • jsomae@lemmy.ml
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        The point top-level comment was making is that “VE” day clarifies that the fight continued on after the defeat of the Nazis.