Yes, it did have impact in fiction and also on the world stage, I already said that the main goal was to show strength and intimidate the Soviets. For this is s

Yes, it did have impact in fiction and also on the world stage, I already said that the main goal was to show strength and intimidate the Soviets. For this is served well. Did it impact the Japanese military leadership, which obviously did not care much about civilian causality, in their decisions much? No.