• cabb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Japan was already going to surrender. Their final decision came down more to the Soviets opening up a second front on top of the overall progress of the US in its island hopping campaign and defeat of the IJN than the use of Nuclear bombs.

    • FishFace@piefed.social
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      That is far from agreed upon. A popular view is that neither the atomic bomb alone, nor the Soviet invasion of Manchuria alone, would have caused Japan to surrender when it did.