Article reasoning that what ended World War II was not the atom bomb

[Kasz216]

the2real4mafol said:

Kasz216 said:

Oh, and it's also worth noting, The US wanted Russia to declare war on Japan... up until right before they dropped the bombs.

So whether it was a deciding factor or not, Truman thought it would be.

Arguably Russia only declared war to get their share of war spoils after the Nuclear Bombs were dropped.

 

In a way, you could argue the nuclear bombs caused the russian invasion.

The Russians certainly couldn't trust America after that, they were like close allies before the nuclear bombs were dropped

No they weren't.  Both the US and Russia considered fighting each other after the fall of Germany.