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It was never about Japan really, it was about keeping the Soviets from being part of the liberation of Japan and keeping them from getting anything
Also about sending an extremely thinly veiled threat
Plus a bit of human experimentation for how the bomb itself affected the human body
Truly up there with all the other unforgivable crimes of this cursed country even if it isn't in competition for the top spot
This. It was an island that could not survive in isolation under a total blockade. The end was inevitable. But the Soviets had just crushed the (previously) largest land army in human history and were on pace to redraw the map in East Asia so the USA deployed its big stick to ensure it would be at the High Table of World Events for the foreseeable future.
That nuking Japan would encourage Japan to surrender directly to the USA and cede control of the home islands to the USA was a nice bonus on top of the "remind/terrify the rest of the world that we're in charge" reason they did it.
Japan was, for these ghouls, really the ideal target for the purpose.