I love "What Ifs" LOL. What If after the Soviet Operation "Ausgust Storm" the Soviets went through with thier plans to seize the northern island of Hokkaido not stopping with the Kuriles Islands so that the Japanese islands would become similar to Germany and be divided up?The US goverment was going to supply the USSR with landing craft and equipment to help with Operation "Olympic". So if the Atomic bombs had not been ready in time or used Operation "Olympic" would have gone ahead. What do you think the US and Allied reaction whould have been? Would MacArthur have stood for it? Could it have succeeded? Would the Atomic bombs be used for another reason somewhere else? Did the USSR have sufficient forces? And What could the Japanese do against being attacked by both the Allies and the Soviets? Lottas "IFs". Robert

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