The first bomb was dropped on the 6th and the 2nd bomb on the 9th of August 1945. So why did the Japanese High command wait a further week until the 15th to surrender, during which time the entire Kwangtung army collapsed under the Soviet offensive, commenced on the 9th and pretty well finished by the 15th?
Military History Online - The Soviet Invasion of Manchuria and the Kwangtung Army
Sickening., page-45
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