Comments by "Al Als" (@alals6794) on "Science Time" channel.

First of all, the Empire of Japan was ready to surrender to the Empire of USA before the atomic bombs were dropped... After all, the Red army was getting into position for a ground invasion and the capitalist Japs did not want to go the Stalinist way ok, communist way. Nevertheless, the Empire of USA decided to drop the atomic bombs as a demonstration of its power to the USSR and set the stage for the Cold War that resulted after WW2. In other words, the atomic bombs were not required to force the surrender of the Empire of Japan to the Empire of USA....
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