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Technically, no, they did not, at least not entirely. From a damage and causality stand point, they don't compare to the damage done with conventional bombing and incendiary bombing. By analyzing the timeline, it's clear that the Japanese military didn't formally accept the Allied terms of unconditional surrender until after the Kwantung army was throttled by Red Army in Manchuria. Yes, emperor Hirohito did call for surrender but that was weeks before the military laid down their arms and only after they knew that they would not be able to hold back the Soviets.
After repeated analysis of the events, the claim that the atomic bombs ended WW 2 begins to appear as another example American exceptionalism instead of the discrete cause. We could have nuked every city that they had and they would have still kept fighting.
To go a bit further, there were good reasons for the Japanese to prefer surrendering to Allies over the Soviets. Chief among these is the Emperor of Japan. It was highly probable that the Soviets, with their anti-aristocracy ideology, would have deposed the Emperor and crushed Japanese culture. By surrendering to the Allies, losing the Emperor was a possibility but not a guarantee. Knowing that defeat was inevitable, they took the calculated risk by surrendering to us.
In the end, the Japanese got to keep their emperor and their culture which isn't bad to them considering the alternatives at the time.
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I would suggest giving this a read when you have time: Surrender of Japan[^] (it's a bit lengthy). It goes into quite a bit of detail about those final weeks.
Basically, until the Soviets smashed the army on the mainland, the leaders of the military refused the idea of surrender. Up until then, Hirohito's power to control the direction of the government and country had been, for all intents and purposes, usurped by the military. Once he the military realized that all hope for victory had been lost, the top brass conceded defeat. Even a coup was attempted by some officers to block the surrender.
That's why I stand by my first assertion using nuclear weapons is not the only factor contributing the conditions that made Japan surrender.
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Total eclipse path does not depend on the width of the country you are living in. Even if it is USA 
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The length of the path still needs to obey the rules of Geometry - even in the USA.
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Eclipse path depends on several factors. The Sun and Moon diameter, distance between the Sun, Moon and the Earth. Astronomer can add more factors. But country width is not one of them.
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You're obliviously missing the point.  The OP is talking about the length of the eclipse path within the USofA, not the total eclipse path.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: the width of the USA was 3000 miles
As I recall, public school taught that it was 3000 miles from San Francisco to New York. That's probably something of what you remember. Not to be taken exactly.
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Yeah - but the rather long diagonal path of totality would, I'd bet, exceed that: Oregon to South Carolina.
Yet - Google Maps seems to only add a couple hundred miles to their figure.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: oogle Maps seems to only add a couple hundred miles to their figure.
Measure Distance on a Map[^] 2495, at least from where I clicked.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: the path of the eclipse will be 2400 miles
So, I guess it stopped when it hit the coast? 
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Now, at least when I was younger, the width of the USA was 3000 miles.
Most of what they teach you in school is either fiction, over-simplification, or politically motivated deception based on whoever is in power at the moment.
Marc
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As I recall, 3000 was an approximation. The actual distance between coasts assumes a straight line of travel and varies between 2400 and 2900 (approximately) miles depending on which two points you are talking about. Even "corner-to-corner" it's less than 3000 miles. As far as the path the eclipse took, it's closer to 2500 miles than 2400 miles and a lot closer to 2400 miles than 3000 miles. So, I'd deem as mostly correct to say 2400 miles.
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The problem is that, as you go southward, someone bent the coastline towards the west.
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Because the US isnt square?
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If yes, do you remember this monster?
Mad Cat[^]
LolCat[^]
25 years ago I got myself a model kit of this 'Mech, scale 1/35. It cost only a few bucks, but one of the missile launchers was missing. I intended to build it with some battle damage, but never begun. Now I finally have a replacement from a ruined model. It's painted red, but fortunately the acrylic paint can be removed with alcohol.
After all those years I can finally build the model! How about going for something like this: Jade Falcon Mad Cat[^]
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Wait until you discover . . . girls!
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You are right, but don't start that topic again.
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Don't confuse the poor boy: he'll want to make a model of one! 
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No. I'm quite certain that any stray cat has better chances of being let in than one of them.
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Oh, it'll happen![^]
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Nope. Natural immunity. For most it may be like a killer flu, for me it's more like a common cold.
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Years ago I spent way too much money going to Virtual World but I enjoyed the Martian tunnel racing game more than the BattleTech games.
Marc
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