Sure - it was necessary to insure the unconditional surrender of Japan, as opposed to the conditional surrender they were trying to negotiate. Sources: https:/

Sure - it was necessary to insure the unconditional surrender of Japan, as opposed to the conditional surrender they were trying to negotiate. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-atomic-bomb/2015/07/31/32dbc15c-3620-11e5-b673-1df005a0fb28_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the... https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/debate-over-japanese-surrender https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/debate-over-japanese-... https://mises.org/library/hiroshima-myth https://mises.org/library/hiroshima-myth