Oh, I'd have thought that Soviet non-intervention in the Far East would make FDR and Churchil pout and tell Stalin "u so meen u so no gettin any!!!1"?However, the Western Allies would still force Japan to fork over southern Sakhalin and the Kuriles.
Oh, I'd have thought that Soviet non-intervention in the Far East would make FDR and Churchil pout and tell Stalin "u so meen u so no gettin any!!!1"?
American bases in the Kuriles and Southern Sakhalin? That would put US troops directly within the borders of the Soviet Union.
In this scenario such bases would be inside "occupied Japan".American bases in the Kuriles and Southern Sakhalin? That would put US troops directly within the borders of the Soviet Union.
No North Korea and everything resulting from that change. Which is quite a lot
KMT victory
1 - FDR spin doctors get down to work whipping up invasion frenzyBetter question is whether the US could afford to do that given that they'd probably have to launch Operation Downfall and US public will would be badly ebbing after Germany surrendered.
Nukes alone wouldn't get the Japanese to quit. The Soviet invasion of Manchuria was necessary to get them to surrender. Absent that they'd look at it like the firebombings of their other cities.1 - FDR spin doctors get down to work whipping up invasion frenzy
2 - "Nuke it, Rico!"
What if Stalin decided that bleeding the americans and thus the west was a goal of his and decided not to declare war on Japan, hoping that the war diminishes america's strength.
How would this change the world.
Nukes alone wouldn't get the Japanese to quit. The Soviet invasion of Manchuria was necessary to get them to surrender. Absent that they'd look at it like the firebombings of their other cities.
Japan has coal. Or used to mine it, nowadays it is cheaper to bring it from Indonesia or Australia (Vietnam?). During WWII 50M tons a year, which is nothing to sneeze at. Many European countries would had killed for such coal production size.I don't think they have coal
Indeed. The IJN is dead, so eliminate the Japanese Empire on the mainland and let the Home Islands starve.it doesn't actually matter what the Japanese government or Japanese people think because they can't do anything about it.
Is this true or another Communist lie taken as truth?Nukes alone wouldn't get the Japanese to quit. The Soviet invasion of Manchuria was necessary to get them to surrender.
Well the bomber raids to that point were more destructive than the nukes, but it was only after the Soviet invasion they quit. And they tried to surrender before the nukes were dropped apparently.Is this true or another Communist lie taken as truth?
They actually did because US public morale was dropping and they wanted the war to be over, so something needed to be done to end the war quickly before public opinion ended the war and left Japan with China.I kind of expect Churchill, who was always looking for the soft underbelly of Europe, is going to convince people to try invading somewhere the populace wants liberation before trying to invade Japan, and the Japanese home islands don't actually need invading because they lack the resources to support a navy or air force without imports. They don't have oil. I don't think they have coal. They don't have much iron.
The only place with a substantially Japanese population that needs to be taken is Sakhalin. Korea is Italy tough, but the population wants to be liberated so it's a lot easier than invading Japan. Divert the armaments stream no longer needed in Europe after the fall of Berlin to the KMT and they can take back Manchuria. And once that's done it doesn't actually matter what the Japanese government or Japanese people think because they can't do anything about it.
Well the bomber raids to that point were more destructive than the nukes, but it was only after the Soviet invasion they quit. And they tried to surrender before the nukes were dropped apparently.
They actually did because US public morale was dropping and they wanted the war to be over, so something needed to be done to end the war quickly before public opinion ended the war and left Japan with China.