Is it likely that after only one bomb dropping on Japan the Japanese would’ve surrendered to the Americans. I’ve been discussing this with my dad, he thinks that the Japanese definitely would’ve surrendered to the Americans. And I think that based on previous actions the Japanese proved that they won’t give up that easily, for example in the shogun period of Japan the culture dictated that the soldiers were never allowed to die a dishonourable death, coupled with the fact that it took the Americans a week to drop the second bomb and only 3 days after that the Japanese surrendered so it’s not like they didn’t have the time.
Thanks history buffs.
Hi there -- this question is similar to a couple of previous ones asked here. The literal answer to your question is that it's probably unknowable -- reasonable people disagree on whether it was the bombings, or the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, or the Allied blockade of Japan, or other military factors, or some combination of all of the above, which eventually led to the Japanese surrender. Here are some discussions that may be of interest to you:
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(n.b. your timeline above is a little off -- the bombing of Nagasaki was on Aug. 9, three days after the Aug. 6 bombing of Hiroshima, after which Truman ordered a stop to further bombings.)