A New Perspective

[David Morris]

Yes. Good question.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:49 PM Jonathon Hunt <jhuntstl at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
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> >
> 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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