Why did the us drop atom bombs on japan?

Answer 1

The United States did not drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki out of hate, but instead to protect the lives of millions ofpeople both Japanese and American. Although it seems evil, the United States did not just choose random cities. The US chose two cities that had large military bases, but small civilian occupancies And the two top cities in that categories were Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Answer:

Although the bombs were dropped for the announced purpose of ending the war in the Pacific with Japan, they were intended to let Russia (already seen by the US as the major problem after WWII concluded) know the US had developed and was willing to use atomic weapons on civilian centres. The reason for dropping two bombs was to indicate that the US had an arsenal of bombs not just one "one hit wonnder".