Yes, he is absolutely correct that the soviet invasion occured hours before the second nuke, which is exactly what caused the supreme council to meet to discuss surrender.
The Supreme Council was already meeting to discuss surrender when the second nuke dropped. Unless they had fortunetellers on the Council, there is no way the second bomb could have triggered the surrender.
Surrendering to the Americans let them guarantee a continued imperial line. It also gave them the convenient excuse of being able to blame something totally outside their control for the loss. Americans got to test their weapons and preempt the soviets in the region.
His own argument counters his point.
Yes, he is absolutely correct that the soviet invasion occured hours before the second nuke, which is exactly what caused the supreme council to meet to discuss surrender.
The Supreme Council was already meeting to discuss surrender when the second nuke dropped. Unless they had fortunetellers on the Council, there is no way the second bomb could have triggered the surrender.
Surrendering to the Americans let them guarantee a continued imperial line. It also gave them the convenient excuse of being able to blame something totally outside their control for the loss. Americans got to test their weapons and preempt the soviets in the region.