Why didnt the US use the atomic bomb Germany?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

They 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.

Answer 3

because 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?

Answer 4

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Some persons in Nazi leadership saw fission as "Jewish physics".
4. After preliminary work project was reduced by Albert Speer to low priority power reactor only project, to be completed after Germany won the war.
5. Heisenberg never realized his errors until after bombing of Japan, when he read British newspaper on the bombs.

Answer 5

Because 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.