oh, and by the way? The Atomic Bombs were not a display for the Russians. The Russians knew all about our Atomic Bomb program and exactly what its progress was. There were so many Communist spies in FDRs cabinet and within the US government at the time it would blow your mind.
If you ever have a chance read up on the Venona project. The Venona project was an ultra secret program even FDR didn't know about and details about it were released to the public in the mid 1990s. Basically we were listening in on the Soviets for some time and learned all sorts of stunning info.
There are thousands of Venona transmissions which still haven't been translated.
I did not say they were for display.....
They were used to show that we would USE THEM!
The Russians of course knew we had the bomb.
STalin knew more than Truman did while Truman was VP about the Atomic Bomb.
But Stalin had no idea that we had the will to use them.
The Nuking of Japan was definately a message to Stalin that we would and could.
STalin then went on to steal not only the technology for the nuclear bombs but also the delivery system...the B-29.