Saving American lives from a D Day II. <------ Worst answer I've ever heard
There is no justification. Americans did it out of selfishness. They sacrificed over a million innocent civilians for like a thousand soldiers. If Japan won WWII, I'm sure Truman would have been killed for war crimes instead of the Nazi leaders.
To bring about the quickest way to end the war
Against Japan: Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
to scare Japan
Japan
After Pearl Harbor, America was devastated. In an attempt to end the war, they used the atomic bomb against Japan. It worked.
In 1945 two atomic weapons were used against Japan .
August 1945
Nagasaki (:
The U.S.A Manhattan Project created the Atomic Bomb for use against Japan. When it was used in WW2 Japan surrendered.
yes
Against the Axis powers, of which Japan was part of. (The Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan). The emperor of Japan at the time was Hirohito, and Hitler was in control of Germany and Europe.
Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki in Japan at the end of WW2.