Nuklear bomb

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Originally Posted by AndyJWest

No. Why should I? I've already shown why it wasn't applicable.

Um, no you haven't Nostradamus, but you have shown why it isn't applicable in your own mind:

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

The fact is that neither of us can know for sure what the outcome would have been. This needs to be based on evidence.

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

If the Japanese weren't 'ready to surrender', why did they approach the Soviets with an offer which was essentially the same as the one eventually agreed?

To mediate peace on terms favorable to the Japanese.