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
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
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.
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.
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... :/
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.
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.
To end the war and to collapse Japan's means to make war ever again.
To minimize the casualties by not going to Japans main land.
Because Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor in the USA, so it was their way if fighting back.
No Prefectures got blown up, the bombs weren't that powerful. Just the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hiroshima is contained within the Hiroshima Prefecture on Honshu island. Nagasaki is contained within the Nagasaki Prefecture on Kyushu island.
Nagasaki and Hiroshima Japan were bombed with the atomic bombs Fat Man and Little Boy.
Hiroshima, Kokura and Nagasaki. Some people say Tokyo but that citi was bombed and destroyed so the US would not waste a good weapon in destroyed grounds.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed to end WWII.
Why would Japan bomb two of their own cities. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
nagasaki and hiroshima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Bombed hiroshima & nagasaki with the "A" Bomb.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed by the United States in World War II.
they atom-bombed hiroshima and nagasaki
They atom-bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
No Prefectures got blown up, the bombs weren't that powerful. Just the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hiroshima is contained within the Hiroshima Prefecture on Honshu island. Nagasaki is contained within the Nagasaki Prefecture on Kyushu island.
Nagasaki and Hiroshima Japan were bombed with the atomic bombs Fat Man and Little Boy.
Hiroshima, Kokura and Nagasaki. Some people say Tokyo but that citi was bombed and destroyed so the US would not waste a good weapon in destroyed grounds.
In the case of the nuclear bombs, it was Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only two cities to have been bombed with a nuclear bomb.