The Japanese will to fight still unbroken (though shaken) by the firstorms of Hiroshima, Truman ordered the next atomic attack. On August 9th of 1945, Nagasaki was struck by Fat Man, a 21 KT weapon. On September 2nd, the Japanese formally surrendered - they had had enough.
Of course, as will all warfare technologocal innovation, a race had begun in earnest...
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