Exactly right. The bombing of the first city didn’t change the Japanese minds, so demonstrating the bomb’s power on an empty atoll somewhere would have moved them even less.
The bombing of the first city didn’t change the Japanese minds...
At that time, “The Bomb” was new technology, there were only a few, available, and if such a demonstration turned out to be a dud, it would have set the war effort back, immensely.
Both sides of my family would likely not be here, today, if Japan had been invaded. Thank you.