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Another can of sunshine for the German gentleman, please! (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it not the case that the US favored the atomic bombs also because they saw that the USSR was carving a part of Europe into its sphere of influence and wanted to avoid the same happening in Japan?

The Soviets were preparing a massive invasion and they had started moving into Manchuria about at the same time.

Getting Japan to surrender now would allow the US to move in instead of the Soviets.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Soviets never had any serious chance at making headway into Japan, even in its weakened state. The Soviet Pacific fleet was in terrible condition, and would not have been able to sustain anything more than a tiny expeditionary force.