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There has also been some debate about the factors that contributed to the Japanese surrender: https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/debate-over-japanese-surre

• cryptonector 7y ago
  I've read enough of that to reach this conclusion: - the motives for dropping the bombs were various, and it depends on whom you asked, but also dropping the bombs was not that significant a thing to the Japanese (for reasons given above), - wanting an unconditional surrender seems like a legitimate or plausibly legitimate motive, - and the Soviet entrance in the war definitely sharpened minds all around.