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The atomic bomb wasn't tested till July 1945 - two months after the war with Germany was over. Also, I believe that the use of the Atomic Bomb was considered very risky. Americans had close ties to Europe and they did not want to totally destroy the German land and culture. Another consideration is that there were probably more Allied being held as prisoners in Germany than being held in Japan. So, as was the case with the bombing of Nagasaki, there would be a risk of killing some of your own soldiers who were being held as prisoners of war.
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∙ 12y agoThey probably would have, had the Germans not surrendered before the United States had a deployable atomic weapon. The first U.S. nuclear test, "Trinity" was carried out on July 16, 1945. Germany had surrendered May 8 of that year.
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∙ 11y agobecause Germany had surrendered, and the bomb was not ready before the Germans surrendered.
The real answer is not that simple. Planners certainly considered possible targets as the atomic bomb was in development. They didn't suddenly decide "Hiroshima!" after the Trinity test on July 16, 1945. The question REALLY is, were targets in Japan AND Germany considered prior to May 7, 1945 when Germany signed the surrender documents?
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∙ 12y ago- Heisenberg miscalculated the critical mass of U-235 a few orders of magnitude too high. This resulted in a estimated bomb weight too heavy for available planes to carry.
- Graphite was rejected as a reactor moderator due to high neutron capture crosssection, this forced use of more expensive heavy water. Graphite would have worked had they realized problem was boron from process.
- Some persons in Nazi leadership saw fission as "Jewish physics".
- After preliminary work project was reduced by Albert Speer to low priority power reactor only project, to be completed after Germany won the war.
- Heisenberg never realized his errors until after bombing of Japan, when he read British newspaper on the bombs.
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∙ 11y agoBecause the bomb wasn't ready until after Germany surrendered. Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945, and the first successful test of an operational nuclear weapon did not take place until 16 July 1945.
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Why was the US in a rush to build an atomic bomb?
The fear that Germany was already well on the way to building an atomic bomb and could make first use of them against either England or the USSR at any moment.
Why did the US use Atomic Bomb?
to help save American lives and 2 end the war because if they didnt the war would have been 8 monthes longer
Who did the US use the Atomic Bomb against?
Against the Axis powers, of which Japan was part of. (The Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan). The emperor of Japan at the time was Hirohito, and Hitler was in control of Germany and Europe.
What does an atomic bomb use for explosive power?
TNT(Trinitrotolune)
Did Roosevelt use SS fund to build the atomic bomb?
no
What country tried to use the atomic bomb?
Enemies including Germany
Why did Japan use the atomic bomb in world war 2?
They didnt - the US used it on them twice
What were the uses of the atomic bomb in World War 2?
The use of the Atomic Bomb on Japan was to get Japan to surrender after Germany signed a treaty to end WWII.
Why did the US use the atomic bomb only on Japan and not on anyone else?
Germany had surrendered before the bomb was operational.
What was alternative use of the atomic bomb?
If the atomin bomb didnt work. The preident (Harry Truman) would launch an all-out attack on Japan that I would estimate kill as much people as 20 atomic bombs.
Why didnt America nuke Germany instead of japan?
The war with Germany was over and the atomic weapons were not fully developed for their use in the European Theatre .
Why was the US in a rush to build an atomic bomb?
The fear that Germany was already well on the way to building an atomic bomb and could make first use of them against either England or the USSR at any moment.
Why didnt the US use atomic weapons against Germany?
The war against Germany was effectively won at the time the atomic bomb was developed, it would not have been politically expedient to explode such a weapon on mainland Europe.The US realised any future conflict was going to be with the USSR. The atomic bombs were dropped for political reasons, to show the USSR they had an awesome weapon.Political expediency is not always pleasant.
Why did the US begin developing the atomic bomb?
Fear that Nazi Germany might develop it first and use it to take over the world.
What was the use of atomic bombs?
If the atomin bomb didnt work. The preident (Harry Truman) would launch an all-out attack on Japan that I would estimate kill as much people as 20 atomic bombs.
Who was president when the atomic bomb was made?
Franklin Roosevelt- but he died before the atomic bomb was used. Harry Truman was the next president, and ordered the use of the atomic bomb.
Who wrote a letter to Franklin Delano Roosevelt warning him that Germany might develop an atomic bomb before the us?
Albert Einstein warned the US of the highly likely chance to Germany developing a Atomic Bomb before America. This is proved when the America STOLE german plans of developing an Atomic Bomb and used it as it called the manhatten project. what they only did was make a few tweeks and build it. Germany was withing Few months away from develping the First Atomic Bomb. Actually Germany planned to develope 6 Atomic Bombs, 2 to use on America, 1 onto Britian and 3 onto the USSR. These plans were also mentioned in the FDR Warning Letter.
