[dfwgator]

Saved Japan from Soviet occupation in the North.

[alexander_busek]

Saved Japan from Soviet occupation in the North.

At the cost of surrendering territory to the Soviets (half of Sakhalin; the Kurile Islands).

At the close of WWII, the Soviets grabbed territory from virtually every combatant nation - whether friend or foe - which it bordered.

Regards,

[bravo whiskey]

“Saved Japan from Soviet occupation in the North”

The Soviets launched their Manchurian campaign on 09AUG45. There is good reason to believe that had a larger impact on the decision to surrender than the second bomb.