Were bouncing bombs mainly an answer to torpedo nets?

Were bouncing bombs developed mainly to get past torpedo nets?

The main problem was placing an explosive deep against the dam wall so the underwater blast could destroy it.

A viewer suggests that torpedo nets drove the development of bouncing bombs. The main problem was getting the weapon to sink beside the base of the dam before exploding. Earlier Royal Navy attacks on Italian dams had caused damage without reliably destroying the structures. The bouncing bomb worked because it could reach the wall and then sink to deliver the underwater blast where it mattered.