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What was the purpose of nuclear and atomic weapons during World War 2?
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The US wanted these weapons to be used against Germany, before they could use them against the Allies.
However Germany was defeated with conventional weapons before these weapons were ready. So the US decided to use them on Japan as soon as they were ready, to end the war without having to invade Japan.
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What country used nuclear weapons offensively?
The United States used the atomic bomb offensively during WWII. That is pretty close to nuclear weapons.
What weapon was famously used for the first time during World War 2?
Atomic/nuclear weapons
How does America using nuclear weapons evidence the lessons learned during World War 2?
First of all Kid they didn't use Nuclear weapons in WW2...They used two Atomic Bombs
Does Britain have nuclear weapons?
Yes. Both strategic & tactical nuclear weapons. Great Britain has been a nuclear power since the end of the Second World War. The US & Britain cooperated in the secret nuclear program during WW2 that created the first atomic bombs.
What type of weapons both ended World War 2 and caused the lack of outright war between the US and the USSR during the cold war?
Atomic and nuclear weapons.
How did technology change during the cold war?
by the nuclear weapons or atomic weapons from WW2 a Russian man hacked the lesson of how to make destructive bombs in WW2 to make a cold war.
Why didn't the us use nuclear weapons during the Vietnam war?
Because while we were supporting the south, the north were supported by the USSR, who also had nuclear missiles, and we didn't want to start a nuclear holocaust
What country did America drop two atomic bombs on?
Nuclear weapons have only been used in combat on Japan.
How did the atomic bomb shape the post war years?
After the war came the cold war and the weapons race. The nuclear arsenals increased during that period.
What is The edge of the beginning of the nuclear war?
There never was a nuclear war, in which nations exchanged atomic weapons at each other. The closest man ever came to a nuclear war (an exchange of nuclear weapons) was during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, in which the US was really going to deploy atomic weapons upon the USSR...if they didn't back off with their deployment of nuclear weapons in Cuba. US forces (Air, Land, and Sea) were enroute to intercept Soviet forces with orders to stop them, if...they didn't abort their mission. The Soviets turned around and went home; the crisis was over. This was the only publicized "edge of nuclear war" man's ever experienced.
What three types of weapons were used during the cold war?
Nuclear weapons, Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons.
What happened during 1940s that would prove significant in the development of the US nuclear arsenal?
It was 1945 when the US used the atomic bombs againt Japan. That was when the weapons race began.
