Week 311 - The US drops two atomic bombs on Japan - WW2 - August 10, 1945

An interesting video but it commits the Redditish misconception that August Storm was a significant contribution to the surrender.

Japan surrendered because of the threat of more nuclear bombs, and because of the threat of an invasion by the United States. The Kwangtung Army was an afterthought. Nobody in the Japanese high council cared about the Soviet Union. Their focus was solely focused on their war with the United States.

It should be now reiterated that the Soviet Union, at this point, after the defeat of Germany, was basically a US state. The US supplied it with all the food and munitions that it needed to wage war.

Alternate history: The "independent" USSR declares war on Japan in, like, 1944. They steamroll the Kwangtung Army (using American food & munitions). What is different? The Japanese high command says: "We have lost China. Oh well. Let us await the atomic bombs."

tl;dr: Reddit loves the idea that Russia won the war. Nah. The United States won the war. 100%. Russia was a subsidiary of the US. A subordinate.