just because they felt like it
To avoid an invasion of Japan
To bring the war to a quick end and save lives which they did. Japan surrendered after Nagasaki was atomic bombed.
The justification for the dropping of the two atomic bombs was to save lives. Without the atomic bombs America would have had to invade Japan and there would have been hundreds of thousands of casualties.If America had invaded Japan then many Americans and Japanese would have died in the urban warfare that would have ensued.The Japanese would have literally fought to the death, and the war would have lasted another year.I believe that the dropping of the atomic bombs saved more lives than were lost in the explosions.yes
The invasion of Mainland Japan, which was the only other alternative, and which would have been horrifically costly in lives - both American and Japanese.
if the Americans didn't drop the atom bomb it would have needed 1000 American lives so they dropped the atom bomb (fat man and little boy)
To avoid an invasion of Japan
It ended the war with less possible servicemembers lives lost.
To bring the war to a quick end and save lives which they did. Japan surrendered after Nagasaki was atomic bombed.
The justification for the dropping of the two atomic bombs was to save lives. Without the atomic bombs America would have had to invade Japan and there would have been hundreds of thousands of casualties.If America had invaded Japan then many Americans and Japanese would have died in the urban warfare that would have ensued.The Japanese would have literally fought to the death, and the war would have lasted another year.I believe that the dropping of the atomic bombs saved more lives than were lost in the explosions.yes
President Truman stated that this weapon will bring an end to the war and save lives.
That is a question of opinion. And my opinion is yes as I truly believe it saved around a million lives.
The invasion of Mainland Japan, which was the only other alternative, and which would have been horrifically costly in lives - both American and Japanese.
It could has been avoided if the marines entered main land Japan from the beaches but that would end with more lives spent.
if the Americans didn't drop the atom bomb it would have needed 1000 American lives so they dropped the atom bomb (fat man and little boy)
It ended the war and probably saved lives.
The US dropped atomic bombs to end the war.If they didn't, The US would have had to invade Japan. That would have cost hundreds of thousands of American lives.So they dropped two atomic bombs that killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilian lives.
To end the war as quickly as possible, unconditionally, which would save countless lives. It also demonstrated to Stalin that he would be dealing with a nuclear power.