Yes, that's what's taught in US schools, but there's significant controversy among historians over whether the Japanese may have been about to surrender in the

Yes, that's what's taught in US schools, but there's significant controversy among historians over whether the Japanese may have been about to surrender in the late summer of 1945 anyway. It's mentioned in the (rather "left") book and Showtime series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Stone%27s_Untold_History_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Stone%27s_Untold_Histor... I don't think it's a stretch at all to believe that the US did not need to drop the second bomb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan