[ People tend to forget that the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, not to end the war against Japan, but to stop the Soviets from invading Japan and stealing it away from us. Per the Potsdam Agreement dealing with the ending of WWII, the Soviets were not to make a move against Japan and go beyond the 38th parallel divide in Korea. The bomb was dropped the same day the agreement was up, and the Soviets were poised to invade Japan but the bomb was dropped to stop the Soviets from doing so. The Soviets were already on the move to invade, moving their equipment towards Japan. A second bomb might have been used against the Soviets if they didn’t stop. Effectively kept the Soviets out of Japan after WWII. ]
Excellent Point! People today don’t realize all the moving parts that WWII had... it was very complex and even the most studied scholar has overlooked overlooked things...
The fact that surprises me, is that forty years prior to the end of WWII, Japan and Russia had discussed splitting Korea between them at the 38th parallel. The Soviets happily agreed to the later split with American leaders and were surprised the Americans allowed it, giving them what they wanted decades before. Over forty years prior, Japan had just recently defeated Russia in a war, and the western powers intervened and let Russia retain some concessions, otherwise China and parts of Russia would be Japanese. That defeat of Russia was a reason why the Soviets wanted to invade Japan at the end of WWII but the Potsdam Agreement with our president forbid them from entering Japan until the day the atomic bomb was dropped; the Soviets had moved much of their equipment up to the 38th parallel where the Americans blocked them. This was long before the Korean War.