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Originally Posted by Klaus
Even if it was not ready for mass production it could have had a big psychological impact.
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Good point. And that might well have had an impact on events in Japan in August 1945, though not on the ultimate outcome of the war in Asia. In fact, it might have slowed down surrender and allowed the Russians to invade the northernmost Japanese isalnd of Hokkaido which they had plans to do in late August of 1945, after finishing in Manchuria. That may have resulted in a very different post-war situation with a partitioning of Japan similar to that of Korea and Germany.