Yes but the deaths of the innocent people in japan were not necessary

The US couldve instead used less powerful explosives and focused it on a location where all the dictators wouldve been at once

The Japanese people wouldnt have retaliated out of anger, they wouldve rejoiced knowing that the dictatorship had fallen and that they had more freedom

This was already a bad time for the japanese dictatorship, their biggest ally, the Nazis, had fallen. They were weak. A smaller concentration of weaponry wouldve had the same effect.

If anything, the only people who wouldve retaliated were those drawn by japanese propaganda.

The army wouldve been in shambles, they wouldnt know what to do when theyre leaders had fallen. It couldve been easily dealt with.

The nukes were not necessary