What was one reason for dropping atomic bombs on japan?

Answer 1

to test the bomb it was the first and they did not know how much damage it would do

that really depends if you talking about dropping them in New Mexico or on Japan

they dropped them in New Mexico to test them to see how much damage they would do. They even had houses set up to see what the collateral would be (from this we got good movies like The hills have eyes)

in Japan the drip them as a resolve to end the war with japan (this was after ww2 ended but only Germany surrendered)

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Answer 2

terrorism: 1. Political violence: violence or the threat of violence, especially bombing, kidnapping, and assassination, carried out for political purposes. 2. Result of the accumulation of errors made by political leaders through history. [, English. v. err, To be mistaken, or make a mistake. n. Ierror.] The last, and ultimate act by the leaders of civilization; adding a terror wepon, capable of destroying humanity itself, to the world arsenal. War being the lowect level of communication; had sunk human communication to the bottom of the bucket. The actual reason "God" was demonstrating to man; The Prophet Isaiah was correct. O! My people those who lead thee(The Father) cause thee to ERR, and destroy the way of thy paths. [ISAIAH 3:12.] on line KJV http://ebible.org/kjv/kjv.htm

Answer 3

Primary reason was to end war quickly and save American lives by convincing Japan government that resistance no longer make sense. And it worked as expected.

Soviet Propaganda also long accused United States that usage of Atomic bomb wasn't necessary since Soviet Union entered the war against Japan and United States just wanted to demonstrate their new power to the world. On the other side since United States got the bomb they didn't need Soviet help any longer.

Answer 4

The main (and the most publicly announced) reason was to induce Japan to surrender, so that the US would not have to lose more lives in an invasion.

There were other major considerations, as well:

-- Avoiding the destruction of Japan : the Japanese had already suffered thousands of deaths from US bombings, and millions more would die in assaults on the home islands.

-- Testing the effects of the bombs as weapons : there were tests that could not be made given their value and the limited supply of bombs.

-- Warning the Soviet Union: the armies of the USSR had a numerical and logistical advantage, and many military planners suspected they had aims to seize control of Europe after the war. The Soviets, however, had already begun to steal nuclear secrets from the US to develop their own bombs.

Answer 5

If the U.S. had invaded Japan, the casualties were projected to be about 5 million.

Answer 6

An attempt to hasten the end of the war, and avoid the horrific bloodshed that would have occurred on both sides with the Invasion of Japan. It worked.

Answer 7

To end the war and to collapse Japan's mean's to make war again.