Secondson, unless I’m misinformed, the United States did not have «many more nukes» to drop ; in fact «Little Boy» and «Fat Man» constituted the whole arsenal available at the time. Strategically, they had the desired effect - the Soviets, despite their defeat of the main contingents of the Japanese Army, which was located in Manchuria, found themselves excluded from the occupation regime in mainland Japan, and the Emperor system was preserved, at least in name. That hundreds of thousands of people, mainly civilians, were killed to attains these two great goals is par for the course….
Secondson, unless I’m misinformed, the United States did not have «many more nukes» to drop ; in fact «Little Boy» and «Fat Man» constituted the whole arsenal available at the time. Strategically, they had the desired effect - the Soviets, despite their defeat of the main contingents of the Japanese Army, which was located in Manchuria, found themselves excluded from the occupation regime in mainland Japan, and the Emperor system was preserved, at least in name. That hundreds of thousands of people, mainly civilians, were killed to attains these two great goals is par for the course….
Henri