hiroshima and nagasaki -why did the u.s. use the atomic bomb?

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The very next day Japan offered to surrender with one condition, that their "sacred" emperor remained unharmed and on the throne. Normally the Allies insisted on unconditional surrender but were willing to make an exception to save hundred of thousands of lives (Collier, 80)...
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Agreements were finalized on August 15th, 1945. The bombing did exactly what the Air Force generals said it would; make Japan surrender without a single American soldier having to die on its beaches. It is debated however whether Japan would have surrendered without the catastrophic aid of the bombs...
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