nobody expected them to surrender at the time, and they needed either to go trough a landings and ugly attrition war or display such force to let the parties surrender while saving face.<p>that&#x27;s why the bombs and that&#x27;s why the target were mid sized cities.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Debate_over_the_atomic_bombing...</a><p>especially source <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2003&#x2F;08&#x2F;05&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;blood-on-our-hands.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2003&#x2F;08&#x2F;05&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;blood-on-our-hands...</a><p>&#x27;&#x27;We of the peace party were assisted by the atomic bomb in our endeavor to end the war,&#x27;&#x27; Koichi Kido, one of Emperor Hirohito&#x27;s closest aides, said later.&#x27;&#x27;