Quote:Until Nagasaki the Japanese were not going to surrender.
The Japanese were trying to get Russia to broker a settlement with the Allies. The Russians attacked Manchuria the same day as the Nagasaki bomb fell. Double-crossed by the Russians the Japs knew it was over.
The firebrands still had to be brought to heel and there was an abortive attempt at a coup to try to prevent the broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the 15th but it failed.
