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Originally Posted by Volker  America hurried up to drop two bombs before the war was over. They wanted to get some experience with these bombs and show to the world, what they have. |
Thats not the way i learned about WW2 at all.
I learned that we were beaten in the Pacific.
The Japanese were building far more new ships than we were.
And that is why it is ship building ports that we dropped the atom bombs on.
If we had not bombed Japan, they would have eventually owned the Pacific.
I've never once heard or read about Russia launching an offensive vs Japan.
In fact I learned that Russia went through hell fending off Germany and sort of reached a personal conclusion that the last thing on earth Russia would have wanted is another war.
I'd be interested in reading any sources you have that discuss an attack on Japan by Russia.