[Jeff Chandler]

Let's cut through the B.S. and consider the most sobering fact of all: After Hiroshima JAPAN DID NOT SURRENDER!!!!! That tells you all you need to know about the situation.

[TPartyType]

On the contrary, Japan thought they had surrendered. There was a miscommunication, based on cultural differences. They appeared, to us, to be waffling and we wanted unconditional surrender. That concept was foreign to them, so they surrendered in a fashion consistent with saving face, but we rejected the overture and nuked them again. At least that's how I understand it.

[tombirke]

Actually, that is only the half of it. Per a recent show on the History channel, the military was going to coup even after Nagasaki.
10 years ago PBS did a horroriffic propaganda piece claiming that the bombs weren't necessary.
People who think the bombs weren't necessary are either seriously uninformed or fools.