There’s actually a good documentary series called The Untold History of the United States. Episode 3 discusses the intention behind the bomb and the dynamic of the war with Japan. Basically, the main reason US dropped the bomb was to show the Soviets what they were capable of. There was no military reason behind it, and US general said as much. Japan already wanted to surrender to US as opposed to the Soviets as well, and they even sent diplomatic cables to US to that effect before US used the nukes on them.
There’s actually a good documentary series called The Untold History of the United States. Episode 3 discusses the intention behind the bomb and the dynamic of the war with Japan. Basically, the main reason US dropped the bomb was to show the Soviets what they were capable of. There was no military reason behind it, and US general said as much. Japan already wanted to surrender to US as opposed to the Soviets as well, and they even sent diplomatic cables to US to that effect before US used the nukes on them.