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Posted by: Murcielago00
Posted by: Locke357
Evidence suggests that the soviet entry into the war against Japan, not the atomic bombings, caused to Japanese to surrender in the end.
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Bix, Herbert P. "Japan's Delayed Surrender: A Reinterpretation," in Hiroshima in History and Memory, ed. Michael J. Hogan, 80-115. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Frank, Richard B. Downfall: the End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Penguin, 1999.
Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi. Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005.