Another angle is that in hindsight, it was probably a good thing that nuclear weapons were first used in their infancy. Fast forward a decade or two to the dept

Another angle is that in hindsight, it was probably a good thing that nuclear weapons were first used in their infancy. Fast forward a decade or two to the depths of the cold war - a lack of knowledge about the actual effects of bombs on cities might have made a larger exchange between the superpowers more likely.