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Originally Posted by Méo
I undertsand and I was sure you would reply to me with this. 
But Japan had lost several battles at sea but they were still controlling large parts of the Asian continent. |
Japan might have controlled large parts of Asia, but that was only because large parts of it were not worth controlling except for the vital areas, which were either undel Allied control or bypassed and helpless. Japan has also been subjected to an overwhelming Soviet invasion in Manchuria on August 9th, which was arguably almost or as important to their decision to surrender as the Atomic bombs were.
Also don't forget that Japan was utterly starved by the submarine war, constantly firebombed from the air in raids which were much more devastating than both of the A-Bombs, and raided with impunity by carrier-based aircraft. Not to mention the fact that it's fleet was utterly destroyed and it's air power was practically non-existant (And nearly useless due to lack of fuel).