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> The US killed two birds with two nukes: they prevented Japan from continuing their rampage and they prevented Russia from taking Japan.

While this is coïncidentally true, and a benefit given the later situation with the Cold War, it should be noted that there is no documentation from that time period where the 'Russian threat' was taken into account when the decision to drop the bomb has made.

There was, in later years, speculation that this was one of the reasons, but there's no memos, telegraphs, or other documents to show it was the case.