In response to the japanese attack on pearl harbour which cost usa hundreds of lives and ships. The 2 cities are bombed on aug 8 , 1942. Truman chose the bombs rather than risk millions of American lives in an invasion of the Japanese mainland, following the extremely high causalities on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
The bombs saved American lives by ending the war sooner
The Japanese would not surrender unconditionally, prolonging the war and costing many lives.
The bombs would make the war less costly
The United States wanted to avoid an invasion of the Japanese Home Islands because the casualties on both sides would have been tremendous. The United States leaders thought that it would take something dramatic to change the thinking of the Japanese leaders or the Japanese Emperor. Up until this time, the Japanese were fighting to the death as they were being defeated in the Pacific.
President Truman stated that he needed to end the war and collapse Japan's means of making war ever again.
The atomic bombs were delivered by the USS Indianoppolis
2 atomic bombs and 2 million HE bombs and 5 million incendiary fire bombs
No. The US gave them cryptic messages about the bombs and never told them they had atomic bombs.
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Atomic bombs, not hydrogen..The U.S. in August 1945.
The atomic bombs were delivered by the USS Indianoppolis
they were atomic bombs.
2 atomic bombs and 2 million HE bombs and 5 million incendiary fire bombs
No. The US gave them cryptic messages about the bombs and never told them they had atomic bombs.
If you are referring to WW2, then the US stopped using atomic bombs on Japan because Japan agreed to surrender. Had they not, the US had plans and production setup to drop a total of 23 atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.
Japan never dropped the atomic bomb on anyone. They did not have that technology.
The atomic bomb.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Hiroshima, Japan
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they surrendered.