[Eric in the Ozarks]

Japan would've fought at least until the 1950s (I have a Japanese war bond that pays off in 1959) and even after the first nuke, was prepared to go on fighting indefinitely.
They had more than a million in uniform on the four main islands, several hundred thousand in Korea plus a one million man army in China and SE Asia that had not surrendered and was living well off native supplies.
Ike was commander in Europe and was not fully knowledgeable of the Asian situation and had little to do with our own invasion force was being assembled at Stockton, CA. Many historians have credited various post-war statements to Ike as if he made them during the war and this is an error. Truman used the bombs to bring an end to casualties and didn't weigh the impact on our erstwhile allies.

[Radioactive]

Many historians have credited various post-war statements to Ike as if he made them during the war and this is an error.

Yes......Ike said these things after the war...and hindsight is 20/20.

Ike knew more after becoming president. He has stated that he was and always will be against the idea of dropping the Bombs.

Russia did get the message of the two bombs dropped on Japan.

They stole secrets and began their own nuclear program culminating in their own nuclear tests.

Japan was the warning to Russia....don't mess with the US........and it was Ike who warned us about the military industrial complex...

Here is an excerpt...

Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations. This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

So there you go..... The Cold war was started by the US dropping bombs on Japan and FDR giving away half of Europe to Stalin.

The Cold War resulted in huge profits for the militaryindustrial complex.

Russia spent trillions on armaments.......The US spends trillions........What a great world we live in.....I only wish I was old enough at that time to invest in the military industrial complex.