Ukraine and Hiroshima

 In today's news, wannabe Russian czar Vladimir Putin has objected to a Ukrainian incursion into Russian territory calling it a provocation. To what exactly?  He calls his intrusion into Ukraine a military operation  The war of words continues.

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On  the 79th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many still seem unsure why it was necessary.  At that time, there was talk of  Operation Coronet -- the invasion of Japan in March 1946.  In his memoirs U.S. President Harry Truman refused to answer why he approved the bombing.  Here's my theory, likely copied from some other source. 

Everyone knew World War Two was virtually won.  In Europe, the repatriation of  Allied troops had already begun.  Meanwhile, the U.S.S.R. maintained  its military numbering tens of millions, a force strong enough to resume its western march to occupy all Europe.

Truman's decision was a message to Russia not to budge from the Europe they already occupied. Had they not heeded the message, it is not difficult to imagine the next nuclear target.