The invasion of Mainland Japan, which was the only other alternative, and which would have been horrifically costly in lives - both American and Japanese.
To avoid an invasion of Japan
See website: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
There were no more atomic bombs to drop. Further, the Japanese government had already sued for peace.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the two Japanese cities on which atomic bombs were dropped.
just because they felt like it
To avoid an invasion of Japan
Total war means atomic bombs.
Most think he was not wrong about dropping the atomic bombs.
yes
Truman
BOOM
1945
no Kennedy decided
August 6, 1945
BOOM
Jacob says that the Atomic Bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
allies: yes axis: no