Ketsu-go

A world in which the first atomic bomb sinks with the USS Indianapolis, triggering the WW2 Invasion of Japan and a deeper Cold War.
[Premise does not work--the Indianapolis did not sail until after the first successful test at Alamogordo. The bomb that was used at Nagasaki was flown to Tinian, so it would have been available anyway, and more bombs would soon be available, certainly before the invasion of Kyushu which was set for the beginning of November. --oldgringo2001]
[Richard Rhodes et al. reports Little Boy having graffitti from sailors of the Indianapolis. Cf http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq8.html#nfaq8.1.3]
A better premise to force the invasion is to have the coup which was attempted succeed (as in Robert Conroy's 1945). Assuming Hirohito doesn't make a miraculous escape, the war would have gone on into 1946 and perhaps longer--especially if the US went ahead with plans to use several atomic bombs to blast holes in Japanese lines. This would have meant a lot of radiation casualties to American troops. Meanwhile Stalin would grab all of Korea, maybe Hokkaido, and, if the war went on long enough, some of northern Honshu. Besides a Japan divided much as Germany and Korea were in our history, it would probably mean a Republican president in 1948.
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