The Russian reason for the A bombs in Japan is an old saw. The Emperor was sidelined by his generals and had several chances to surrender and he rejected them. Excluding Russia from an occupation in Japan was an issue but not the primary reason. The bomb had its own inertia, from financial to political.
Curtis Lemay was the opposite of Eisenhower. Cooler heads were not available to avail.
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