What if nukes just weren’t discovered until after the war, either the Manhattan Project took longer, or wasn’t started until later on in the war, or even after?
Say Japan surrendered because of conventional firebombings and starvation.
Does the Cold War even play out in the same way if nukes remain a hypothetical weapon until later on? Will the West-East animosity be more blatant and less restrained? Will tactical nukes be normalized until after they’re used in combat for the first time?
Say Japan surrendered because of conventional firebombings and starvation.
Does the Cold War even play out in the same way if nukes remain a hypothetical weapon until later on? Will the West-East animosity be more blatant and less restrained? Will tactical nukes be normalized until after they’re used in combat for the first time?