As I understand it until a calculation made by exiles scientists in Britain it had been thought that the quantity of material needed for an A bomb made it impractical as a weapon
Had this still been believed
1) How would that have changed US strategy in the Pacific War?
2) Would it have inreased the motivation for seeking a 'conditional surrender' so as not to risk increasing Soviet influence in East Asia?
3) Would there have been a conventional WW3 between 1945 and say 1970?
Had this still been believed
1) How would that have changed US strategy in the Pacific War?
2) Would it have inreased the motivation for seeking a 'conditional surrender' so as not to risk increasing Soviet influence in East Asia?
3) Would there have been a conventional WW3 between 1945 and say 1970?