The connection between Dresden, Nagasaki, and Hiroshima isn't Strategic, it
is that they are all quoted by the chattering classes rather than, for example,
Berlin, Hamburg, and Tokyo, all of which arguably suffered worse.
I only gave a couple of examples - there were many more.
So that's your defense? He was obliged?
Nagasaki and Hiroshima were indeed Strategic Targets because their
destruction with one bomb apiece ended the war in the Far East.
No one believes this nonsense anymore - the only reason the atomic bombs were dropped was to demonstrate the power of nuclear weapons to Soviets. Japan capitulated because the Soviets declared war on them - fire bombing campaign over Tokyo killed hell of a lot more people than atomic bombs.
It was a close run thing for, given a few months reprieve and a victory at
Kirsk, Hitler could have used some of the many high tech weapons being created
by his scientists, not the least of which would have been "dirty" atomic devices
aimed at New York, London, and Moscow.
What are you talking about
: the only realistic high damage weapon of that era was an atomic bomb, and Germans weren't even close of building one.