No, but the war needed to be brought to a close, the Japanese occupation across the neighbouring regions was harsh an brutal and as there was a means to bring the war to a rapid end the imperative for its use was overwhelming.
To avenge the Japanese attack on pearl harbour
It avoided a land invasion of Japan which would have been extremely bloody with a high death toll for the attacking forces
The D-Day invasion was over a year before Hiroshima.
Mission Impossible - 1966 Invasion 6-9 was released on: USA: 13 November 1971
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The USS Missouri.
It was dropped to save wartime causualites hat would accompany an invasion Hiroshima.
The four steps were Doolittle's raid ,the ground fighting of marines ,naval victories in the Coral and Philippine seas. The land invasion of Japan and the bombing of Hiroshima are also included.
The heavy losses on both sides if a land invasion was required to get the Japanese to surrender. After the first bomb was dropped most of the Japanese military wanted to continue the war.
Shoot the word 'aliens'.
THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI by The Manhattan Engineer District, June 29, 1946.
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