Was Japan warned before the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 1

I think the concern was that Japan would evacuate and relocate American POWs to the sites. America wanted innocent lives to be saved, but could not kill Americans.. I think. We had been bombing the Japanese for a long time. And it wasn't like they gave us warning before bombing Pearl Harbor.

Answer 2

Question: Should the United States have dropped the atom bombs on Japan? My Opinion: It was necessary for the United States to drop the atom bombs in order for the U.S. to triumph over Japan. Point #1: The United States lightly bombed Tokyo, causing a smaller number of deaths, but when the U.S. offered Japan to surrender peacefully without the atom bombs, and Japan refused to yield. Point #2: The United States wanted to prove that it was not to be messed with to all other enemy countries. Point #3: The Bomb had cost a lot of money to develop and the Americans wanted to use it. The bomb cost $200 million. It would have been difficult to justify not using after such as vast financial investment. Point #4: The Americans believed that the Japanese were never going to surrender and that only the atom bombs could give them a chance at winning. Point #5: The death toll of Japanese killed in the Atom bomb droppings was around 200,000 Japanese casualties, but, if the U.S. were to invade Japan, the death toll would be around 500,000 to 1,000,000 American casualties and 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 Japanese casualties.

Answer 3

They did give a warning: 5 days before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, over 1,000,000 leaflets were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki warning the citizens that the city would be destroyed within a few days.

Answer 4

Yes. The U.S. demanded that Japan surrender unconditionally, or Truman promised that the U.S. would drop an atomic bomb on Japan every three days. He said this in hopes the Japan would surrender immediately, but they did not. On August 6th, the Enola Gay dropped the 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima On August 9th, the Bockscar dropped the 'Fat Man' on Nagasaki Although Truman knew that he didn't not have the resources to carry out his promise, the threats worked, and Japan surrendered on August 12th, the day the third bomb would have been dropped.

Answer 5

first answer:

Yes and no. Japan did send a warning because Japanese culture is very against a sneak attack. However, they sent a fourteen page note, with the part that said "hey, we're going to bomb Hawaii now." (note: I paraphrased) on the last page. The people at the embassy were to slow in translating so the message didn't reach FDR at the White House until after the attack. Long story short: Japan tried to warn America.

correct answer:

No, the Japanese did not attempt to warn the US before they attacked. The Japanese planned the attack as a secret surprise attack that began almost simultaneously as other Japanese attacks across Asia & the Pacific on December 7/8, 1941. Only a few in the Japanese military knew about the coming attack, none of the Japanese diplomats dealing with the US directly, no-one in Europe (neither Hitler nor Churchill), because secrecy was important. The 14 Part Message referenced in the first answer, contrary to the popular myth, was not a war warning or a declaration of war. The message stated that Japanese-US negotiations had reached an impasse. These negotiations had continued in Washington, D.C. as a means for the Japanese to delay US decisions & conceal the real intentions of the Japanese government to start the war. Japanese military doctrine & culture at the time was very much rooted in the principle of "surprise"

Answer 6

Planes dropping leaflets warning the people about the weapon were dropped before the bombs.

Answer 7

No they didn't

Answer 8

No