Because Japan refused to surrender. Japan did not believe in surrender. They felt every Japanese person, men women children, civilian, military should die to save the emperor. It was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki or the invasion of Japan. The invasion of Japan would have killed a lot more people than the two atomic bombs did. Japan surrendered after Nagasaki was bombed. It was the lesser of two evils and saved countless Allied and Japanese lives. There was No other way other than invasion to defeat Japan.
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan ; another on Nagasaki, Japan, 3 days later.
Harry s. truman approved the dropping of an atomic bomb on japan.
The USA created the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in the closing stages of World War Two. They used it to defeat Japan.
atomic bomb
Japan did not make an atomic bomb. It received two in ww2, one in Hiroshima the other over Nagasaki.
Japan surrendered after Hirshoma and Nagaski were bombed. That says it all. The atomic bombing of two cities brought the war to an end.
It didn't. Japan existed long before the atomic bomb
Harry s. truman approved the dropping of an atomic bomb on japan.
The US dropped the atomic bomb onto Japan on August 1945.
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan ; another on Nagasaki, Japan, 3 days later.
The USA created the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in the closing stages of World War Two. They used it to defeat Japan.
atomic bomb
Japan was negotiatin with the Soviet Union as the first atomic bomb was dropped.
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Hiroshima, Japan
One day after the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima in Japan.
Bard argued that the use of the atomic bomb was unnecessary for Japan's surrender as they were already close to defeat, and that it caused unnecessary civilian casualties. Additionally, he believed that the decision to use the bomb should have been considered at a higher level of government rather than by military commanders.