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Using the other Japanese WWII thread as a jumping off point, let's posit that for whatever reason, the American atomic bomb doesn't work as planned or Japan decides to keep fighting. An initial attempt at invasion is hampered by a typhoon, leaving the US to wait the Japanese out. The naval and air blockade tighten, the USSR invades from the north, and Japan starves to death.

So, we have a TL where the end of WWII is much bloodier than OTL. Millions more Japanese are dead, the Soviets control Hokkaido, and at the inaugural meeting of the UN the Soviets make a publicity stunt out of attempting to indict American generals for war crimes.

What happens next? Try to make it as dystopic as possible. ;)
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