If they didn't have the production slump and was capable of sacking the British Isles, the idea of dropping an A-bomb on German proper to offset a U.S. counter invasion doesn't sound all that improbable to me.
And Atari is right, Japan's long history of warrior self-sacrifice and high regard for honor made them a far more dangerous opponent. Even today, the majority of German has put those days behind them and are quite apologetic (for example, The Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany) but many of Japan feel that the war "castrated" the Japanese sense of power (as that one Japanese pop artist explained) which has gone on to influence much of their culture.
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