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What happened to the Japanese political/military landscape between August 6th, 1945 (the day that Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima) and August 15th, 1945 (the day they surrendered). How did they come to the decision that surrender was the best option, and was there much disagreement?

by /u/UhSwellGuy in /r/AskHistorians

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