I recall, that I once saw a TV documentation, where an american general(?) was cited that the wouldn't have nuked Germany, because they feared a non-detonating nuke would help the Germans to complet their own nuklear weaponds programm.
But anyway:
-They Allies had only the Rhine to cross to invade Germany and afterwards encountered little resistance between the Rhine and the Elbe. (as most of the German army was occupied in the East)
-Japan on the other hand was much harder to invade than Germany because 1) it is an iseland
2) it had an largly undefeated ground force (They lost on Okinawa ... because the allied air/sea controll prevented them from reenforcing & suppling. Not because they had no more quality troops.)
-Germany would have not surrendered because of atomic bombs. The WWII atomic bombs didn't do more damage then the coventional 1000 bomber attacks. So the < 10 bombs the Americans could drop wouldn't have made much difference. Hitler had decided to fight to the end anyway.
-No Allied invasion of Germany would mean, that by end of 1945 the red army would occupy the entire country, what could heavily influence the post war conferences.
-Japan was allready contemplating surrender before the bombs fell.
Hiroshima tipped the balance.
But anyway:
-They Allies had only the Rhine to cross to invade Germany and afterwards encountered little resistance between the Rhine and the Elbe. (as most of the German army was occupied in the East)
-Japan on the other hand was much harder to invade than Germany because 1) it is an iseland
-Germany would have not surrendered because of atomic bombs. The WWII atomic bombs didn't do more damage then the coventional 1000 bomber attacks. So the < 10 bombs the Americans could drop wouldn't have made much difference. Hitler had decided to fight to the end anyway.
-No Allied invasion of Germany would mean, that by end of 1945 the red army would occupy the entire country, what could heavily influence the post war conferences.
-Japan was allready contemplating surrender before the bombs fell.
Hiroshima tipped the balance.