The relevance of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was that it
ended World War II, which is the main goal of the any war so yes, it was necessary. The two bombs dropped mightconvince the Japanese any further resistance was futile, which worked. After the bombings, there were rumors of Japanese ready to surrender the next few day which claimed to make the two bombings "unnecessary".
The generally accepted view that the Japanese would fight to the very end
put that rumor at a very small percentage. The Japanese also wanted their current emperor to
remain on throne and they were afraid that the surrendering terms would cause the Japanese to
choose a new Emperor.
The atomic bomb lead America to the atomic age, causing it to build many thousands of
nuclear bombs. Having the many nuclear bombs was a great defense, not for shooting, but to generally let countries know that "hey we have more nuclear weapons than you all combined" so
that they would think......
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