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> Or was it a desire not to have to split the islands with the Soviets who were lining up to invade I don't think that anyone, the Soviets the first ones, ever
by shakow 4y ago
> Or was it a desire not to have to split the islands with the Soviets who were lining up to invade
I don't think that anyone, the Soviets the first ones, ever seriously envisioned a Soviet invasion of the US mainland; I'm not even aware of serious Soviet plans and/or preparation for it. Which is understandable given (i) their absence of fleet, (ii) their inexistent experience in full-scale amphibious invasions, (iii) the semi-failures that their smaller-scale amphibious operations were along the war, from the Crimea to the Kurils.
- zuminator 4y agoGP is talking about the bombs forestalling a possible Soviet invasion of Hokkaido. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_Soviet_invasion_of_Hokkaido https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_Soviet_invasion_of_...
- shakow 4y agoand I meant: “concerns were raised within the Soviet high command that an invasion of Hokkaido would be impractical and unlikely to succeed” Sure, there was a huge political part at play and I don't deny it, but even abstracting the US, purely militarily speaking, the Soviets would have been hard-pressed to succesfully invade Japan mainland.