The great irony is that the United States was building the atomic bomb in order to end the war and beat the Nazis to it. No doubt Germany was working on an atomic bomb at the end. The irony is that Germany surrendered in August before the US bomb was ready and the first two atomic bombs were used on Japan. Historians will debate forever whether the US should have nuclear bombed Japan. HST made the call and it happened, but it was controversial even at the time, and it is still controversial today. I do not have the overall necessary informed perspective to have an intelligent opinion.
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