Atomic bombs insured that USSR doesn't cross the 38th. That was the most important goal of the bombings. Japan was already done either way. USSR squashed the 1

Atomic bombs insured that USSR doesn't cross the 38th. That was the most important goal of the bombings. Japan was already done either way. USSR squashed the 1M+ strong Quandong army in a matter of days Several days more or less - that didn't matter. The bombings weren't the last shot of WWII. They were the first shot of the Cold War establishing its battle lines in that region.