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Hitler, who I agree was a madman, killed approximately 20.9 million innocent non-combatants. Stalin (or Uncle Joe, as he was called by FDR), one of the Allies, killed twice that number. Later, his death rate grew to over 60 million.
FDR insisted on unconditional surrender for both the Germans and the Japanese. That basically means, "You surrender, and I'll kill you. You don't surrender, and I'll kill you." The German Resistance Movement was ended by this unreasonable demand, ending the many attempts to kill Hitler. The Japanese were prepared to surrender conditionally, but, since they believed that the Emperor was a god, they would be killing their god by surrendering to America, and that wasn't an option to them.
The atomic bombs were completely unnecessary.