{"id":80627,"date":"2023-03-11T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=80627"},"modified":"2023-03-10T18:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T23:18:31","slug":"why-japan-surrendered-in-ww2-stalin-or-the-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/03\/11\/why-japan-surrendered-in-ww2-stalin-or-the-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Japan Surrendered in WW2: Stalin or the Bomb?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h-3_zyNTmW4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished  10 Mar 2023<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s common wisdom that the nuclear bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused the Japanese surrender at the end of the 2nd World War. However, there has been a fierce historical debate if this narrative omits the role of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945 &mdash; or if this invasion was actually the main cause for the surrender.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/patreon.com\/realtimehistory<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/watchnebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/watchnebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nJohn Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nCook, Haruko Taya &#038; Cook, Theodore F., <em>Japan at War: An Oral History<\/em>, (New York, NY: The New York Press, 1992)<\/p>\n<p>Frank, Richard B, <em>Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire<\/em>, (New York, NY: Random House, 1999)<\/p>\n<p>Glantz, David M., &#8220;August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria&#8221;, <em>Leavenworth Papers No. 7<\/em>, Combat Studies Initiative, (February 1983)<\/p>\n<p>Grew, Joseph C., &#8220;Report from Tokyo: An Ambassador warns of Japan&#8217;s strength&#8221;, <em>LIFE Magazine<\/em>, (December 7, 1942)<\/p>\n<p>Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, <em>Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan<\/em>, (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2005)<\/p>\n<p>Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), <em>The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals<\/em>, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007)<\/p>\n<p>Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, &#8220;The Atomic Bombs and the Soviet Invasion: Which Was More Important in Japan&#8217;s Decision to Surrender&#8221; in Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), <em>The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals<\/em>, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007)<\/p>\n<p>Hatano, Sumio, &#8220;The Atomic Bomb and Soviet Entry into the War: Of Equal Importance&#8221; in Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), <em>The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals<\/em>, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007)<\/p>\n<p>Kort, Michael, &#8220;Racing the Enemy: A Critical Look&#8221;, in Maddox, James, <em>Hiroshima in History: The Myths of Revisionism<\/em>, (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007)  <\/p>\n<p>Maddox, James, <em>Hiroshima in History: The Myths of Revisionism<\/em>, (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007)<\/p>\n<p>Pape, Robert A., &#8220;Why Japan Surrendered&#8221;, <em>International Security<\/em>, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall, 1993)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller &#038; Florian Wittig<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: Toni Steller<br \/>\nSound: Above Zero<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig <\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-11-at-17-54-15-Why-Japan-Surrendered-in-WW2-Stalin-or-the-Bomb-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-11-at-17-54-15-Why-Japan-Surrendered-in-WW2-Stalin-or-the-Bomb-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-80629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-11-at-17-54-15-Why-Japan-Surrendered-in-WW2-Stalin-or-the-Bomb-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-11-at-17-54-15-Why-Japan-Surrendered-in-WW2-Stalin-or-the-Bomb-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-11-at-17-54-15-Why-Japan-Surrendered-in-WW2-Stalin-or-the-Bomb-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-11-at-17-54-15-Why-Japan-Surrendered-in-WW2-Stalin-or-the-Bomb-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published 10 Mar 2023 It&#8217;s common wisdom that the nuclear bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused the Japanese surrender at the end of the 2nd World War. 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