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The war against Germany was effectively won at the time the atomic bomb was developed, it would not have been politically expedient to explode such a weapon on mainland Europe.
The US realised any future conflict was going to be with the USSR. The atomic bombs were dropped for political reasons, to show the USSR they had an awesome weapon.
Political expediency is not always pleasant.

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