I didn't expect this to happen here.

And just like that it gets political.
As someone who has study military history, was born in Japan, and comes from a family with a long and proud military history. I can tell you that the United States had no choice, as a culture the Japanese would have kept fighting almost down to the last child. Yes the bombs were horrible idea but killing a few thousand instantly saved thousands more.
And just so we're clear I do not agree with bombing civilian targets.

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I have an agreement with you, any words from Celestia are views from a leader who has her country studying such weapons and have never seen the need to try and use them yet. Celestia is unfamiliar with such warfare at the moment, but Victor being from the earth and not from countries involved in the conflict has far different views than Marian would of Nuclear conflicts.

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“Yes. I understood the need for the first, but not the Second.” I sighed. “The Japanese were proud, but not stupid. Once Little Boy blew, they needed time to arrange for the surrender.”

This was the part you ignored. They were proud at the Pre-Little Boy strike, with all the Incineration Bombs from the Americans...

Then the US dropped Little Boy.