Did Japan Surrender Because of the Atomic Bomb?

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Support us on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory It's common wisdom that the nuclear bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused the Japanese surrender at the end of the 2nd World War. However, there has been a fierce historical debate if this narrative omits the role of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945 - or if this invasion was actually the main cause for the surrender. » SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/realtimehistory https://watchnebula.tv/realtimehistory » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Cook, Haruko Taya & Cook, Theodore F., Japan at War: An Oral History, (New York, NY : The New York Press, 1992) Frank, Richard B, Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, (New York, NY ; Random House, 1999) Glantz, David M., “August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria”, Leavenworth Papers No. 7, Combat Studies Initiative, (February 1983) Grew, Joseph C., “Report from Tokyo: An Ambassador warns of Japan’s strength”, in LIFE Magazine, (December 7, 1942) Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan, (Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press, 2005) Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals, (Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007) Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, “The Atomic Bombs and the Soviet Invasion: Which Was More Important in Japan’s Decision to Surrender” in Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals, (Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007) Hatano, Sumio, “The Atomic Bomb and Soviet Entry into the War: Of Equal Importance” in Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals, (Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007) Kort, Michael, “Racing the Enemy: A Critical Look”, in Maddox, James, Hiroshima in History: The Myths of Revisionism, (Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, 2007) Maddox, James, Hiroshima in History: The Myths of Revisionism, (Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, 2007) Pape, Robert A., “Why Japan Surrendered”, International Security, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall, 1993) »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Above Zero Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Mark Newton Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023