A New Perspective

[Jonathon Hunt]

Also, what really caused the US to drop the atomic bombs: Japan's refusal
to surrender or Russia's planned invasion of Japan?

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020, 10:26 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2020/08/why-did-world-war-ii-end-2/
>
> August 6: Hiroshima bomb dropped.
>
> August 8: Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
>
> August 9: Nagasaki bomb dropped.
>
> August 10: Emperor Hirohito breaks the cabinet deadlock and decides that
> Japan must surrender.
>
> So what really caused the Japanese to finally give up? Was it America’s
> atomic bombs, or was it the Soviet Union’s entrance into the Pacific war?
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