We all know that during World War II, Japan had never planned to surrender, but because of the atomic bomb and the subsequent Rapid Annihilation of the Kwantung Army by the Soviet Army, Japan had to abandon the so-called Jade Crush Plan. Many people are wondering if if the United States had not developed an atomic bomb, whether Japan would be able to compete with the United States again this year, and what opportunity would eventually emerge, after all, there are many examples in history of winning more with less.
In fact, whether the United States has developed nuclear weapons or not, whether or not each supply has not dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan, the final result will be the same, Japan will eventually surrender, even if we take ten thousand steps back, even if the United States and the Soviet Union do not declare war on Japan, Japan will eventually fail just by relying on China's strength.
Just relying on China's strength alone, the whole war will last a little longer every five to ten years and will not end the war. Because the Japanese army in China has reached the limit of their control in the areas occupied, such as in the rear, Shanxi and Shandong, except for some large cities, the rural areas are basically controlled by our army. On the other hand, even if there were major mistakes such as the great rout of Yu Xianggui on the nationalist side, Japan would not be able to organize troops to further expand the results of the battle.
Let's get back to the point, in fact, when the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, it caused the death of more than 100,000 people in a short period of time, and nearly 100,000 houses were destroyed in an instant. When this incident came out, the most shocking thing was not the Japanese, but the Soviets, especially Stalin. After seeing such a strong military strength of the United States, the Soviet Union immediately sent troops to Northeast Japan.
Why did the Soviet Union choose to send troops at this juncture? In fact, although the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, it has not actually sent troops to attack Japan. Because everyone knew that Japan was preparing to implement the Jade Crushing Plan, the Soviet Union wanted to take advantage of the United States to attack Japan and the two countries were fighting fiercely, and then send troops to occupy Japan's Hokkaido and other places at the right time, so as to obtain the greatest benefits. Japan also figured out that the Soviet Union would not easily attack northeast China, and that it would be possible to use these regions as the capital for the final resistance, so it dared to propose jade fragments, and felt that it still had a chance.
However, after the Soviet Union saw the great power of the United States, it was afraid that if it hesitated any longer, it would not even have soup, so it would send troops immediately after the United States dropped the bomb. After the Japanese saw the defeat of the Kwantung Army, the military department knew that it was impossible to continue, and finally chose to surrender. But it was precisely because of this that Japan was not torn apart after the war like the Korean Peninsula and Germany. It can be said that it was because the atomic bomb was blessed by misfortune.
Even if the United States did not have an atomic bomb, according to the situation in Japan at that time, it would not last long. First of all, Japan was inferior to the American army, gradually lost all its military bases overseas, and completely lost its sea control near Japan. The loss of sea supremacy has become a very fatal problem for a country like Japan, which has few resources and a large population, and important industrial raw materials such as oil and rubber have been completely lost. As a result, Japanese industry became a useless pile of scrap iron that could neither be started nor lost. Again, although Japan's fighters initially had an advantage in the war against the United States, their own research and development capabilities were not good, American aircraft have been replaced, and in the late stage of World War II, American aircraft have become more advanced than Japanese aircraft. So the Japanese aircraft that originally had the advantage are now in front of American aircraft and have become cash machines.
Finally, in time, the United States did not attack the Japanese mainland, even if it was besieged, it could besiege Japan to death, because in the later stages of the war, because a large number of young people in Japan were conscripted into foreign wars, domestic grain production had dropped sharply, and it was simply not enough for domestic consumption, and it was entirely dependent on the grain of the occupied areas to support the mainland to sustain the war. But the loss of sea supremacy also means a local food crisis. Therefore, in any way, Japan could not confront the Allies. Failure was already his doomed end.