Few people know that the USSR was invading Japan from the north at the time. If we had just pressed on a bit longer, the Allies would have won anyway. However, we would have had to split the spoils with the USSR. So dropping the bomb served two purposes 1) it ended the war a bit earlier so the Soviets were not needed, and 2) it sent a message to the world that we would do whatever it took (in this way it is just like the fictitious Star Wars event). Wonder why we bombed civilian targets? B&#x2F;c we only had two bombs. If they didn&#x27;t do the job it would have been too late (per point #1).