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Old 03-16-16, 11:56 AM   #927
ikalugin
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Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
Out of interest, how would you have brought Japan to surrender at maximum benefit to the Allies (ie; before the Soviets could invade Hokkaido) with minimal bloodshed to the Allied forces and Japanese civilian population?
One could argue that the Soviet entry into the war by itself (with the collapse of Manchuria) has achieved the early surrender, as IJ was trying to get a conditional surrender via then neutral USSR.
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