Also Soviets to the North preparing a full scale invasion. Japan watched Germany being sliced up and knew it was over. Better to be ruled by one superpower than be divided by two of them.
Ironically, that was one of the reasons we dropped the bombs when we did. Stalin was already being difficult when the Allies were trying to split up Germany. Truman knew that if one drop of Russian blood was spilled invading Japan, Stalin would demand territory in return. Truman didn’t want to deal with that, so we didn’t even give Russia a vague notification beforehand.
Also Soviets to the North preparing a full scale invasion. Japan watched Germany being sliced up and knew it was over. Better to be ruled by one superpower than be divided by two of them.
Ironically, that was one of the reasons we dropped the bombs when we did. Stalin was already being difficult when the Allies were trying to split up Germany. Truman knew that if one drop of Russian blood was spilled invading Japan, Stalin would demand territory in return. Truman didn’t want to deal with that, so we didn’t even give Russia a vague notification beforehand.