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Let's say that the Manhattan Project is delayed for a few months, six months at the most, what are the ramifications of this? I'm not too interested of how it would be delayed, but could this prove to be a critical point in the pre-Cold War balance?

Would it delay the end of the war, if only by a few months? Would this provide enough time for the Soviets to advance through the entire Korean peninsula and then set up a unified Korea under Communism? Could Operation Olympic be initiated at any stage? Would this see the creation of separate occupation zones in Japan, i.e. Would the Soviets try to invade the Home Islands?
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