re: Why don't we hear more about the Russians helping to end WWII in the Pacific?

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But, one of the factors we considered in ending the war with the bombs (rather than firebombing until September/October) was to cut off Soviet justification for incursions into the China and Japanese spheres of influence

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This is the eight hundred pound gorilla in the room that people don't talk about. Probably influenced Truman's decision greatly.