bombings on japan, were the really needed Options

[Mr. Psychotic]

do u guys think the 2 bombs dropped on japan during WW2 were really needed?
i say no because they just killed innoc3nt people in those 2 citys and it left a perment mental damage on my grandma (im japanese)
so what do u guys think

[Spirited Away]

Still...why the need to bomb Nagasaki. Why couldn't the US wait for the call of surrender. They bombed Nagasaki 2 days later.

Kryogenix stated:They weren't placed, they were dropped. And the US wanted to be sure that the war would be over before Stalin's forces got to Japan.

--Well Stalin then declared war on Japan, and he then launched an invasion of Manchuria. So eventually, Stalin's forces did get to Japan

ComradeRed told me that basically (I think) that the US needed to ensure that the Emperor would stay Emperor or else there wouldn't be a (quick) surrender ( ?).

First of all, they were the enemy, part of the Axis, why should they be asking conditions for surrender? They certainly were not in a position to ask any demands.

Second, not only were we faced with War, but also a our relationship with Russia was wavering. Japan was ready for a bloody confrontation in their country and if we had waited and Japan did not surrender, there would be more casualities and damage than the results of the two bombs combined.

Imagine a full scale attack on Japan by Russia and the US forces combined; imagine the US and Russia duking out their difference on Japanese soil...

We needed to ensure surrender, not just guess that they would surrender, and we needed to show Russia that we weren't afraid to use a WMD.