Did America use the atomic bomb to get back at japan for bombing pearl harbor?

Answer 1

No, there was only one reason that America used the atomic bomb. To cause Japan to surrender. The only other way to get Japan to surrender was to invade the country with infantry, and having seen how stubborn the Japanese fighters were at the little islands they defended in the Pacific, Americans knew that the loss of life on both sides would be horrific. To save American fighting men's lives, they decided to drop the bomb. If Japan had surrendered immediately, America would not have dropped the second bomb.

Answer 2

America entered WWII because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, so yes, essentially, America bombed them because of Pearl Harbor, but if you look at the finer points, Truman needed to make a tough decision between invading Japan and bombing them, and eventually went with bombing them.

Answer 3

Pearl Harbor brought America into active participation in World War 2. The use of nuclear weapons was what brought that war to an end. Without Pearl Harbor, it is possible that nuclear weapons would not have been employed, but no one can change history to find out what would really have happened.

Answer 4

No, they used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Answer 5

No. They didn't have any atom bomb at that time. The US had and atom-bombed Japan.

Answer 6

The atom bomb was not dropped in revenge for Pearl Harbor. The atom bombs were dropped to motivate the Japanese populous to demand the Emperor and the military leaders to stop the war.

Answer 7

America used atom bombs because they didn't have HAARP back then.