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Fabs, the Hiroshima bomb fell right on target and vaporized every military target in the city. The only witnesses reporting what happened to Japanese authorities were civilians. They insisted there was only one explosion, but they were simply not believed.
The Nagasaki bomb was dropped in desperation after the crew circled for a long time, trying to get a visual ID of the exact target (which was absolutely required by our high command). They were out of fuel and could not make it back to base with the bomb still aboard. They dropped it through a hole in the clouds, but missed the target by a good amount. The military complex that was to be ground zero was behind a small ridge - and thus protected from the worst of the blast. The unlooked-for benefit was that there were trained and believable military witnesses - and they confirmed it was one bomb, one blast.
That did it. The Emperor overruled the generals and ordered a surrender.
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