Originally Posted by
Morgan
The Hydrogen (or thermonuclear) bomb was the brainchild of Dr Edward Teller, based on theories for a 'Super' bomb first advanced by Dr Enrico Fermi. Teller continued to do research and development on the H-Bomb in the face of opposition by the leaders of the Manhattan Project, Dr Robert Oppenheimer and Dr Hans Bethe.
The first H-Bomb was successfully tested on Elugelab Island of Eniwetok Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, on 1 Nov 1952.
Late in the evening of August 8 1948, in accordance with Yalta agreements but in violation of the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, and soon after midnight on August 9, it invaded the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. Later that day the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The combined shock of these events caused Emperor Hirohito to intervene and order the Big Six to accept the terms for ending the war that the Allies had set down in the Potsdam Declaration.
H Bomb wasn't tested until 1952. Nukes dropped on japan in 1948. Thank you for playing, please read history before trying to be smug.