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At the end of World War II, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, completely destroying Japan's belief in continuing to resist. Emperor Hirohito issued an imperial edict on August 1945, officially announcing Japan's unconditional surrender.

Judging from the world situation at that time, Germany, the boss of the Axis Group, surrendered as early as May. Germany's surrender also declared the official end of the European battlefield. Japan, which is still making waves in Asia, has naturally become the target of the Allies.

In fact, Japan, isolated and helpless, has no idea of turning the tide. After Germany surrendered, they saw their future clearly. The reason why we persist in tenacious resistance and do not surrender is that we only hope to force the allies to negotiate and surrender conditionally through resistance.

However, the explosion of the atomic bomb finally dispelled Japan's luck.

So, if the United States does not drop an atomic bomb on Japan, how long can Japan persist? Also, why did the Soviet Union send troops as soon as the United States dropped the atomic bomb?

Judging from the situation at that time, Japan's performance in the late World War II was crazy. They not only sent suicide squads to carry out suicide attacks many times, but also became more and more brave in successive failures.

Take the last few island wars in the Pacific War. In order to capture Saipan and Iwo Jima, the American army met with crazy resistance from the Japanese army. After these two battles, the US military suffered nearly 50,000 casualties. 1in the battle of Okinawa in April, 945, the crazy Japanese army even caused 70,000 American casualties.

Although the American army finally won the battle, the figures in the casualty report were shocking. Moreover, because the Japanese military madly preached the ultimate battle plan of "100 million pieces of jade" in China, it called on the people to "all the people are soldiers." So once we really hit Japan, God knows how serious the casualties will be.

It is precisely because of this consideration that the landing plans of the "Olympic" and "Crown" operations that the United States has already drawn up for landing in Kyushu, Kanto, have not been implemented in the end.

At that time, when the war situation was clear, the US military was not worried about not winning Japan. In fact, in addition to casualties, the United States has another deeper concern.

For the United States, the Soviet Union has always been a potential enemy. Although at present, because of the enemy of * * *, everyone is still in peace for the time being. But once the enemy is eliminated, the Soviet Union will inevitably become the strong enemy of the United States to dominate the world in the future. Judging from the long-term cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States, the concerns of the United States are indeed justified.

So after Germany surrendered, the United States began to urge the Soviet Union to send troops to Japan quickly. The Soviet Union promised that the United States would declare war on Japan within three months on the grounds that it was the main force attacking Berlin.

I have to say that the game between the Soviet Union and the United States is very exciting. Because of the Soviet Union's delay in sending troops, the plan for the US military to land in Japan has been stranded again and again. To put it bluntly, the battle in Japan is definitely a bitter battle, and the Soviet Union is happy to see the elite troops of the US military consumed by Japan. For the United States, of course, they don't want to fight a bloody battle by themselves and let the Soviet Union clean up afterwards. This will inevitably affect the interests of the United States in the Far East after the war.

Of course, in the end, the atomic bomb became the key point to break the game. After the United States dropped the atomic bomb, the Soviet Union immediately launched an attack on the Kwantung Army in northeast China.

If there were no atomic bombs, the Soviet Union would definitely send troops in the end. They will first occupy the northeast of China and then enter the Korean peninsula. In this way, the Soviet Union and the United States formed a double attack on Japan.

Judging from the comparison of military strength between the two sides, there is a huge gap between Japan and the Soviet Union and the United States, and there is no strategic depth on this narrow island of Japan. At this time, if Japan still stubbornly refuses to surrender, not only Japanese nationals will suffer heavy casualties, but even its cities and industrial bases will be destroyed. If Japan does not adhere to 1946, it is very likely that it will completely disappear from the world map.

In this case, the atomic bomb really saved Japan's life.