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To make Japan surrender
Japan was not going to surrender and since many lives would be lost in a military push, the US decided to use the bomb to end the fighting as soon as possible.

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Because Japan said they would kill every allied POW if allied forces invaded, The Americans beleved them and atom bombed them into submission.

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The atomic bombs dropped upon the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were dropped to hasten the end of the war with the Japanese .

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To end the war.

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