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Japan was ready to surrender before they got nuked, as long as they kept the Emperor. There was literally no need to kill all those civilians.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1lw9lg/seeki...

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/books/l-gore-vidal-s-ameri...

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My understanding is the Emperor wanted to surrender, the military did not.

We may never know.

[Please don't quote Reddit as a ref]

If you actually read both links I provided, you might find them interesting. Also, why shouldn't I quote r/AskHistorians when discussing historical events?

r/AskHistorians has some of the highest quality research you're going to find on the internet, at least if you're not a history major yourself. The mods there are amazing, and the posts usually have sources you can look into yourself.

If you haven't browsed it before, I highly recommend looking into it.

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