How did the use of the atomic bombs affect the events of world war 2?

Answer 1

It made the planned invasions of Japan at the end of 1945 and the spring of 1946 unnecessary, shortening the war by at least a year (and possibly as much as 10 years, depending on the sources you look at). It also caused the USSR to end peace negotiations with Japan and begin their already planned invasion of northern Japan sooner than they had agreed to at Potsdam (which according to some sources may have been more significant in forcing the Japanese surrender than the bombs themselves were).

Answer 2

The cold war was not affect by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The cold war was a product of the deed and Japan surrendering to the United States keeping Russia out the pacific and the US in.

Answer 3

As a matter of fact, it didn't affect the cold war, it created it. When ww2 ended, russia wanted to keep some land in the pacific. But when they learned of the destruction that the US caused in Japan, they let the tension low and avoided a conflict. They begun the arms race and the cold war escalated..