Well, like Le, I was here at that time and I back him 100%.
I, who lived in Lodon at that time, amongst masses of soldiers who were familiar with the way Japan had waged WW11, can confirm that in England the news was probably the most welcome and applauded moment of the conflict. The Japanese forces at that time were feared and hated here, and whilst we were not aware of the power unleashed until later, everybody had been getting bombed devastatingly throughout the duration. It was looked upon as payback and retribution by those who had the misfortune to face the Japanese war machine.
The news was greeted with great cheers and a special Victory over Japan celebration with monutain high bonfires and dancing in the streets.
The word for what happened is War, and only retrospect brings aany reconsideration.
Did it shorten the war? Of course. There is suggestion that some Japanese isolated Japanese have not yet agreed to surrender!
Was the example a deterrent? What do you think? Did it remove the prevailing taste for conflict? What do you think?
This is of course the opinion of someone who had experienced years of involvement and threat, but who has long since put all that to one side, not least because of the nature of the defeat imposed by such a bomb.