bazmeistergen on 19 September 2010
A lot of you are presuming the idea that the war would have continued if not for nukes. The allies could have accepted a conditional surrender. That would have saved even more lives, but lives were not necessarily the priority.
US 'national' interests were served by the bombs being dropped as it helped to bring about an unconditional surrender and thus an occupation.
The US did give Marshall Aid to Europe whilst the Soviets drained resources from their areas. No surprises from both sides there really, given their respective experiences of war; both sides served their perceived 'national' interests from their own perceived world view.
Yes.
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