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What would have happened if the U.S. did not drop the atomic bomb?
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What major decision did president have to make in 1945?
President Truman made a major decision in 1945 to drop an atomic bomb on Japan. A plane called the Enola Gay dropped the bomb. It brought an end to the war.
What is Paul Tibbets famous for?
Paul Tibbets was dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was named "Little Boy." Tens of thousands of people were instantly killed. He was best known for piloting the aircraft to drop the first bomb in the history of war.
Why was bombing Hiroshima wrong?
It was President Truman who made that decision and he had his motives.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Truman actually made no such decision.the decision to use the atomic bombs on Japan was made before FDR died, they would obviously not be needed on Germanythe target selection list was made in a meeting in May 1945 (Truman was not there and made no suggestions)orders were written by the Army to drop the atomic bombs on Japan as quickly as they became availableone bomb was tested on July 16, 1945 to confirm the complicated plutonium implosion design worked as expected, Truman was informed at the Yalta conference of thisthe Little Boy and Fatman atomic bombs arrived on Tinian in early Augustthe field commanders of the 509th composite group selected 3 Japanese cities from the approved list for the Little Boy atomic bombLittle Boy was dropped on Hiroshima (the primary target for the mission) on August 6, 1945the field commanders of the 509th composite group selected 3 Japanese cities from the approved list for the Fatman atomic bombFatman was dropped on Nagasaki (the secondary target for the mission, Kokura the primary was to smoky for the bombardier to see the Aim Point)Los Alamos completed another Fatman type atomic bomb and shipped it to San Franciscothe Japanese indicated that they would surrenderTruman ordered the atomic bombing of Japan to stop (this was Truman's only decision and order related to the use of atomic bombs, up to then he just allowed the previous decisions to remain in place with no interference)when the next atomic bomb arrived in San Francisco it was returned to Los Alamos instead of being flown to Tinian (where it had been planned to drop it on a third Japanese city sometime in late August)Truman's postwar policy was to virtually gut the conventional military forces of the US (to maintain a balanced budget) and depend 100% on atomic bombs in any future war. Unfortunately in gutting the conventional military forces he also significantly crippled both the Manhattan Project (which was still responsible for building those atomic bombs until the AEC took over in 1947) and the aircraft industry that was needed to build the new atomic capable bombers (e.g. B-29 Silverplate, B-36, B-47, B-50). When the AEC briefed Truman in 1947 on the status of the US atomic stockpile, they reported something like "we have parts for about a dozen atomic bombs but nobody that knows how to assemble those into usable atomic bombs and there are no plans to train people to assemble atomic bombs", it is said that Truman's face blanched grey as he realized he actually had neither a conventional military nor an atomic military available with which to defend the US. It seems Truman was expecting a stockpile of 100 to 150 ready to use atomic bombs by 1947, but he had made no attempts to monitor the status of the stockpile from the end of the war until the AEC was established two years later.Truman was an extremely hands off president, leaving many decisions to subordinates and leaving previously made decisions by others stand unless he saw a vital need to "change direction".
Where does the phrase drop the dime come from?
The term "to drop a dime"comes from American street slang. When a drug dealer in the1960s would find it advantageous, they would call the police from a pay phone and snitch on a rival. The cost of a local phone call in the day was 10 cents, thus the term to drop a dime was coined.
Why do many people still argue about the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan in 194?
some say that truman wanted to send a message to the soviet union
What did the US do when the first atomic bomb drop did not happen?
If you are asking about what happened in the next 3 days?Then the United States decided to drop the next atomic bomb on the city of kobe.When the aircraft arrived over the city the visibility was not good enough to bomb this city and it was decided to bomb the secondary target,which turned out to be Nagasaki.This was done on the date of August 9th,1945.
Why Germany did not drop atomic bomb?
Germany never had an atomic bomb.
What information would you want before making the decision to drop an atomic bomb on japan?
if you drop a bomb on japan, ninjas will die
What type of bomb was drop on japan?
atomic bomb
When did the us drop a atomic bomb on denmark?
No bomb was dropped on Denmark.
On which country did they drop the atomic bomb?
Japs
Why did we not drop the atomic bomb earlier?
We did not have it earlier.
When did US drop atomic bomb?
1945
Who was the president when the atomic bomb was used?
wodrow Wilson was the president that agreed to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
Who was the president when you used the atomic bomb?
wodrow Wilson was the president that agreed to drop the atomic bomb on japan
Why did America drop the atomic bomb if they knew it would kill so many?
They dropped the atomic bomb to end the war and stop further allied lives being lost.
When did the first atomic bomb get drop?
The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August.
