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Originally Posted by Oberon
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?
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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.