... had taken over due to their isolation from one another and that there were so many of them. Japan, in actuality, was chosen as the target in 1943. There was a fear that if the bomb did not work on Germany that the Germans would be able to disassemble it and figure out how to make it work. There was not this fear with Japan. Also ... Truman himself had diary entries which stated his feeling that Russia entering the war would provide such a jolt to Japan that they would surrender. Russia had said it would enter by August 15. The United States' decision on using the atomic bomb weighed on ...

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