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UnfairRepresent posted...

Russia was literally planning/preparing for the invasion of Hokkaido when we dropped the nukes.

Where's your proof of that? As far as I'm aware, the potential invasion of Hokkaido was an idea that Stalin may have briefly entertained, but that his generals and advisors all advocated against.

UnfairRepresent posted...

They were flat out going to invade literally a couple of weeks after the bombs dropped. The US was aware of this and was terrified of it. They knew what we know call the Cold War was coming and both the US and Russia were collecting scientists, land and resources like they were pokemon cards.

They were invading Manchuria, which had already been agreed to at Yalta. The Soviets had agreed to enter the war against Japan 3 months after the defeat of Germany, and August 9 was three months to the day after Germany's surrender.

UnfairRepresent posted...

I like the fact you're using "It gave them a lot of trouble." as if that was a concern for Joseph Stalin

I'm not even talking about casualties. At Shumshu, the Soviets lost 5 of the 16 naval invasion craft that they had leased from the Americans. That level of attrition couldn't be sustained. They just did not have the experience or equipment to launch a larger scale invasion of Hokkaido.