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Re:The price of the Manhattan Project (2013) by Nomentatus on Sunday December 09, 2018 @11:09AM (#18641494)
John Toland et al, in contrast, see the Russian invasion of Manchuria as the final straw that forced Japan to surrender; Japan continued fighting after the bombs were dropped, but the U.S. did not immediately have more bombs to drop.
Re:The price of the Manhattan Project (2013) by xixixao on Sunday December 09, 2018 @01:43PM (#18642445)
I read about this recently here:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30/the-bomb-didnt-beat-jap...

Fascinating how much sense it makes. Likely the truth is somewhere in-between.