Hiroshima 70 years ago

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The Japanese were about to be double-crossed by the Russians, with whom they had started negotiating to intercede with the US and UK for peace.  They did not know that Stalin had promised to attack Japan 90 days after the war in Europe ended.  VE Day was May 8 and Russian punctually attacked on August 8, the same day as the Nagasaki blast.  They knew the war was over. The incendiary raids had burned much of the built up area of Japan to ashes.  The submarine blockade was near total and American carrier groups raided at will.