Japan surrendered because of the Soviet attack. Horrible devastation with larger number of casualties already happened due to firebombing and yet they held. htt

Japan surrendered because of the Soviet attack. Horrible devastation with larger number of casualties already happened due to firebombing and yet they held. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Events_of_August_7.E2.80.939 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_a... > Admiral Soemu Toyoda, the Chief of the Naval General Staff, estimated that no more than one or two additional bombs could be readied, so they decided to endure the remaining attacks, acknowledging "there would be more destruction but the war would go on"