Would Japan have surrendered in August 1945 if there had been no atomic bomb?

Answer 1

I have seen the argument that the real reason Japan surrendered was that the USSR was about to enter the war against Japan in a big way. If that had happened, Japan itself would not exist in its present form - There would probably be two separate Japans, one under Soviet / Communist control, as in Korea and Vietnam. The A-Bomb may have been the deciding factor.

Answer 2

Japan had already agreed to a conditional surrender well before the bombing. the only thing holding it back was that they wanted to protect the continuance of the institution of the emperor. the US wanted an unconditional surrender and decided to bomb them to force the issue.

there is no doubt among serious historians that japan's surrender was inevitable and imminent even without a massive ground invasion. the whole country was on the brink of collapse. the notion of japan fighting to the last man is simply japanese propaganda. it is not an accurate reflection of the japanese people--if it were i doubt that they would have acquiesced to the occupation so readily and peacefully.

it is fairly clear that a major motivation behind the indiscriminate bombing of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians--women, children, infant, the elderly--was to make a point to the USSR

certainly japan committed its share of atrocities during WWII but that doesnt mean that US atrocities are any less vile or reprehensible. We ought to remember the reality of what the US did, especially now as we have a president, vice presidence and sec. of defense that want to entertain the idea of using "tactical" nuclear weapons.

if you find yourself thinking something along the lines of "those japs got what they deserved" i suggest you dig a little deeper. visit websites on hiroshima and nagasaki and see for yourself the inhumane cruelty that the bombings created. if you are a human being it will cause you to think very carefully about historical and present wars. there is nothing abstract or remote about the bombings.

Answer 3

Eventually yes, the Americans had basically no more places to bomb. Yeah, it was thinking of surrendering at the tiem. Think of the other aspect, Remember I think it was Yalta where Stalin promised the Americans that once the Europe campaign was over, he's send his troops to Japan. So Japan was going to surrender. There were many reasons that the bomb were used. One of them being "Hey look Soviets, look waht we've got" and the other aspect was to make Japan surrender. The answer to your question is yes. Japan would have surrendered. They had nowhere else to go.

Answer 4

Speaking from the Japanese perspective (and as someone who has studied this on both sides of the Pacific) the answer is NO.

Not in August. Chances are it would have taken an invasion of the Home Islands, which would have hit around October. It's a toss-up on how the Japanese War Cabinet would have reacted to such a massive invasion force striking home (even Okinawa and Iwo Jima allowed for serious disconnect from reality) but the answer to your original question is an unequivocal NO.

Answer 5

No. We were planning a massive invasion of Japan just prior to Truman's decision to use the A-Bomb. The Emperor of Japan had told the Japanese people that an invasion would be likely and that they should defend the homeland until there was no one left. Estimated American causalities would be over 100,000. It was that figure the finally persuaded Truman to use the bomb.

Answer 6

They would have.....yes.

The US naval we're greatly superior in training, capabilities, strategies, supply, technology and mobility. Assault from the Allies from India and Burma(Now Republic of Myanmar) we're devastating for the Japaneses armies on the continent and China war rising hard on occupation troops. Not to speak about the multiple isolated or already fallen Island of the Pacific.

The Japanese typical soldier was described as one would never surrender, fight till last breath with unconsciousness. So a typical Allied soldier would kill better. Tell me how good is the ennemy, I will train harder to be better.

But all of this nuclear at the cost of how many?

It's a good question, but it's not the real one.....you have to ask in a situation of war....it's our culture OR theirs?

Some countries have found expeditives answers to this. It's a good argument, one must admit.

You accept u.s. or you d....well.....in any case, it worked.

World War II ended that date.

Records, movies, books and opinions are clear on one point.

The Japanese we're ready to cease fire and surrender after the first one.

At the cost of how many of their lifes for the second(and first) bomb?

Then and still...

Atomic power is an absolute horror. Even if it's very usefull....

Shame on Mr. Einstein who said: look what I discovered....do not use it for weapons. Of course he said that only in my mind....still.

Shame on ALL theses who have research for it.

Shame's on me tonight. You pay the beer.(no bud)

Abb.

Answer 7

no because the japanese soldiers fanaticly believed that their emperor was an actual god and thus they would have kept on fighting especialy if American troops tried to invade japan its self and there would have been a much higher loss of life and the war could have gone on for a much longer period.the two nuclear bombs dropped saved US troops lives and that was the main aim of the US GOVERNMENT ..Remember how many US troops died fighting the japs in the pacific and most of the japs faught to the last man ..they where not easy to beat

Answer 8

Yes, but it would have been at the cost of many American lives. It is estimated that almost 1 million servicemen would have died in the invasion of the Japanese main Island. Dropping the bombs actually saved lives. If the bombs hadn't been drooped my Grandfather would have probably died in the invasion.

Answer 9

No, they would have fought to the very end, but they would have lost in the end. but are loses would have been great without the use of the atomic bomb.

Answer 10

yes after they we're attacked by russia they had no other choice but the atomic bombs sped up the process but america had no right to use nuclear weapons on innocent civilians