Why did US bombed hiroshima and nagasaki?

Answer 1

These s have some truth about them but lets leave out nationalistic pride out and stick to the realities of what happened.

If you believe that you can win a war with two bombs alone you are sadly mistaken, in the end infantry still have to be used.

the question is 'why did the US bomb Nagasaki?'

the geographical reason nagasaki was chosen was

1. yes it is a port of minor military importance (justification)
2. it had a population of around 250, 000 people (acceptable civilian casualties in American public opinion)
3. it is surrounded by hills (the bowl shape gives the best devastation effect for a nuclear weapon)
4. it had been left untouched by conventional and fire bombing prior to the use of the nuclear weapon

the political reason nagasaki was bombed

the war was all but over japan, had asked for a conditional surrender in June 1945 but was refused. the conditions were that the Emperor be maintained as head of state and that they be allowed to keep the 4 home islands as they feared they would be over run by the Soviet Union in the north. America refused on a number of grounds

1. she wanted exact revenge for the embarrassment of Pearl Harbour
2. with the war already won in Europe where the soviets now had a strong foothold America need to show the soviets it had and was prepared to use the bomb (the start of the cold war)
3. still a lot was unknown about the Atom bomb and testing it on humans for the affects had not been done so the Japanese were the guinea pigs. their war crimes had already been well publicized so public opinion would accept a test on them, especially if under the guise of a war ender

Incidently, on the signing of the unconditional surrender, japan was indeed allowed to keep its emperor and home islands.

To end the war. The Japanese generals would not accept defeat and were hoping that the US would not accept a million or more casualties by invading the home islands. The two nuclear blasts showed that we did not need to invade.

I used to use the pat and accepted of avoiding great casualties until I did more researce into the matter. Leading military and scientific people were dead against us using the bomb. It was agreed that the Japanese were finished as a fighting force and that unleashing the bomb was unnecessary. From what I can gather, the Manhatten Project to build the bomb had required so much money and time that to not us the bomb was unheard of to other factions of the military political leadership. In other words it had "a life of its own",and they were determined come hell or high water to use it. We did try several times to ask the Japanese to surrender to no avail because of the militarists that ruled the country. After bomb number one -- NO Surrender. After bomb number two-- Surrender. The Emperor finally came out of his delusion of victory and said enough! It is horrifying to read accounts of people burned alive and the rest wishing they were dead. It is terrible that America did this to their fellow man. But one general said in retrospect--Always remember they started it.

I have done some research on this topic recently and came up with very interesting facts. There are many reasons for the dropping of the bomb, such as a show of power to the Soviet Union, also, we were afraid to hold on to the second bomb too long because we didn't know anything about it.

Nagasaki was just a precaution in case Hiroshima did not work.

Nagasaki is a seaport on west Kyushu in Southwest Japan

Nagasaki was to intimidate Russia.

The US wanted to quickly end World War II by defeating Japan, but was afraid that an invasion would lead to high casualties. So President Truman decided to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and when Japan still refused to surrender, the US dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

Answer 2

Because the Japanese attacked(and killed)the people on Pearl Harbor.
because they wanted to
Japan was loosing the war. The United States have won all fronts of the war up to Okinawa which was the last front before taking down Japan. The bomb was used to end the war and save the lives of the troops who would fight the Japanese in the mainland.
President Truman stated the he needed to end the war and to collapse Japan's means to make war ever again.
The drop on Hiroshima was of course not the first test of an atomic bomb. They did a number of tests in the American southwest.

There was no belief that the bomb would do no damage. Why would they consider using a bomb they wouldn't? They were surprised at the amount of destruction, however.
because they were mean to the usa
i dont think they really had a reason other than to stop the war, instead of asking should we drop the bomb they asked when should we drop it

It only became a question of when once the Japanese refused to surrender.

Answer 3

US essentially realised that due to Japanese culture they would never surrender. they realised that realistically the war in the pacific could never end even if Japan was conquered they would still be fighting a guerilla war. So the powers that be decided that they could cause the Japanese to surrender by dropping an A-Bomb or two and killing around 300,000 Japanese civilians.

Which in all fairness to the US did work!, surprisingly... :/

Answer 4

At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a more timely end. They did not have a problem with over one hundred thousand of the enemy being killed. After all, the Japanese attacked America, and not the other way around. In later years, however, many have begun to question the conventional wisdom of "Truman was saving lives," putting forth theories of their own. However, when one examines the issue with great attention to the results of the atomic bombings and compares these results with possible alternatives to using said bombs, the line between truth and fiction begins to clear. Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was for the purpose of saving lives and ending the war quickly in order to prevent a disastrous land invasion.

Answer 5

At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a timelier end. They did not have a problem with over one hundred thousand of the enemy being killed. After all, the Japanese attacked America, and not the other way around. In later years, however, many have begun to question the conventional wisdom of "Truman was saving lives," putting forth theories of their own. However, when one examines the issue with great attention to the results of the atomic bombings and compares these results with possible alternatives to using said bombs, the line between truth and fiction begins to clear. Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was for the purpose of saving lives and ending the war quickly in order to prevent a disastrous land invasion.

Answer 6

To end the war and to collapse Japan's means to make war ever again.

Answer 7

To minimize the casualties by not going to Japans main land.

Answer 8

Because Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor in the USA, so it was their way if fighting back.