[naasking]

No doubt the bloody eastern front had a big role, but it's hard to argue that it wouldn't have ended soon anyway with the atomic bomb. Would anything less have convinced Japan to surrender?

[wildmanx]

Hm? The nukes dropped in august 1945. Nazi Germany had long surrendered by then. In part because the Red Army had come all the way to Berlin.

[naasking]

Yes, that's what I said. My point is the proof of the bomb would have ended that front of the war even if Russia hadn't.