A New Perspective

[David Morris]

But Russia didn’t have the bomb, so their planned invasion (into China,
notJapan) was weak tea.  Did Japan prefer US occupation to Russian
occupation?  Probably.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:52 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes. Good question.
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:49 PM Jonathon Hunt <jhuntstl at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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/
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>> > August 6: Hiroshima bomb dropped.
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>> > 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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