The first authoritative explanation of how and why it was decided to use the bomb came in February 1947 from Henry L. Stimson, wartime Secretary of War and the man who more than any other was responsible for advising the President in this matter. [3] This explana-[1] The study that follows was published in substantially its present form in Foreign Affairs, Vol. XXV, No. 2 (January, 1957). It is reprinted by special permission from Foreign Affairs; copyright by Council on Foreign Relations, New York. [2] James Phinney Baxter, 3rd, Scientists Against Time(Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946), p. 419. [3] Henry L. Stimson, "The Decision To Use the Atomic Bomb," Harper'sMagazine (February, 1947). The article is reproduced with additional comments in Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and War (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948), Chapter XIII, and in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. III, No. 2 (February, 1947).
Germany never had an atomic bomb.
the US used the atomic bomb on the Japanese to end the world war 2.. US dropped 2 bombs on japan one on hiroshima and one on nagasaaki,,then japan surrendered..the name of the project was the Manhattan project and the name of the plane that dropped the bomb is Enola gay.... the president of the US (Henry Truman) was the one who acepted to drop the atomic bomb!!!
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the atomic bomb was made to end the world war 2
By 1945, Stimson was receiving more direct information about World War II than any other U.S. official. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall reported directly to Stimson and as a member of the "Committee of Three with Sec. of the Navy James Forrestal and Under Sec. of State Joseph Grew, Stimson also received information directly from the Sec. of the Navy. Grew provided Stimson with the State Department's diplomatic information on the war. Stimson also knew much about an important factor known to few others: the atomic bomb project. In June 1942 the transfer of the a-bomb project to the Army was begun, and from May 1, 1943 until his retirement on Sept. 21, 1945, Stimson was directly responsible to the President for the Manhattan Project. -Henry Stimson, George Bundy, "On Active Service in Peace and War", pg. 612-613-
It is more than sufficient to justify this conclusion. Nonetheless, the witless litany, the lie that that bombing "saved the lives of a million Americans." -signed confessions of U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson-
The first authoritative explanation of how and why it was decided to use the bomb came in February 1947 from Henry L. Stimson, wartime Secretary of War and the man who more than any other was responsible for advising the President in this matter. [3] This explana-[1] The study that follows was published in substantially its present form in Foreign Affairs, Vol. XXV, No. 2 (January, 1957). It is reprinted by special permission from Foreign Affairs; copyright by Council on Foreign Relations, New York. [2] James Phinney Baxter, 3rd, Scientists Against Time(Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946), p. 419. [3] Henry L. Stimson, "The Decision To Use the Atomic Bomb," Harper'sMagazine (February, 1947). The article is reproduced with additional comments in Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and War (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948), Chapter XIII, and in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. III, No. 2 (February, 1947).
It is more than sufficient to justify this conclusion. Nonetheless, the witless litany, the lie that that bombing "saved the lives of a million Americans." -signed confessions of U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson-
By 1945, Stimson was receiving more direct information about World War II than any other U.S. official. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall reported directly to Stimson and as a member of the "Committee of Three with Sec. of the Navy James Forrestal and Under Sec. of State Joseph Grew, Stimson also received information directly from the Sec. of the Navy. Grew provided Stimson with the State Department's diplomatic information on the war. Stimson also knew much about an important factor known to few others: the atomic bomb project. In June 1942 the transfer of the a-bomb project to the Army was begun, and from May 1, 1943 until his retirement on Sept. 21, 1945, Stimson was directly responsible to the President for the Manhattan Project. -Henry Stimson, George Bundy, "On Active Service in Peace and War", pg. 612-613-
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.
Stimson believed the use of the atomic bomb was a tragic necessity to bring a swift end to World War II and save lives, as a prolonged conflict would result in even greater casualties on both sides. He argued that the bomb's deployment ultimately forced Japan's surrender and avoided a potentially devastating invasion of the Japanese mainland. While acknowledging the ethical implications and destruction caused by the bomb, Stimson saw it as a lesser evil compared to the prolonged war and loss of life that would have ensued otherwise.
The US President Harry Truman.
President Harry Truman.
Truman. The war needed to be ended ASAP!
That decision was not made by a group of persons, it was Truman who decided it.
I believe it was the president, Harry S. Truman