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Originally Posted by samurai007
Japan refused to surrender after Hiroshima. They didn't believe we had any more atomic bombs, and they were unanimously in favor of continuing the war after Hiroshima was destroyed.
So we used our final bomb to destroy Nagasaki, but lied and told them we had many more, and would destroy city after city until they surrendered. Even then, it was an even 50/50 split, with half the Japanese leadership wanting to keep fighting, and the Emperor broke the tie in favor of surrender.
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Ahhh. I completely forgot about that. But, I think they were instilled with fear, but weren't sure of other bombs.
But even if we didn't have the second bomb, I think the Japanese would have still gone downhill to surrendering in the near future.