First of all, get it straight, its the A-bomb the H-bomb was not developed until the very early 50's.
Second of all, had there been no war, we would not have had the money to develop the Manhattan Project for the bomb. It was the fact the war came about and we wanted it before Hitler that the US authorized the most expensive and largest project in history.
And had the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor w/ the carriers there, shit would've been different.
We would have lost Coral Sea which may mean an invasion of Australia by the Japanese. We would have lost Midway which would've meant Hawaii could be bombed.
We would have had no ability to strike back before they could consolidate their resources and build.
Not to mention that had NO pearl harbor occured, we would not have been in a war w/ Japan or Germany.
Oh and the Russians were not in a war with Japan the entire time until the last 2 weeks of the war - they had no reason to fight Japan.
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