The importance of the bomb is actually not clear[1][2], which is not that surprising considering the US had already been almost wiping out Japanese cites for qu

The importance of the bomb is actually not clear[1][2], which is not that surprising considering the US had already been almost wiping out Japanese cites for quite a while before they hit Hiroshima. [1] http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2013/03/08/the-decision-to-use-the-bomb-a-consensus-view/ http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2013/03/08/the-decision-to-us... [2] http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2015/08/03/were-there-alternatives-to-the-atomic-bombings/ http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2015/08/03/were-there-alterna...