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Originally posted by Vermillion
2) Japan was NOT about to surrender, I have no idea where this comes from, obviously from people who have not done much reading in the field. Not only were they not about toi surrender, but they very nearly did not surrender after both bombs were dropped and the Kwangtung army had been destroyed. It took the intervention of the Emperor to break the deadlock in cabinet and force a surrender, and even THEN there was an attempted coup to reverse the decision.
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Werent they negotiating terms of surrender with the Russians at some point?