Why in WWII did usa bomb heroshima and nagasaki when there were no military targets there?

Answer 1

The reason Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen was precisely because there were no military targets in these cities. From tests carried out in New Mexico, the Americans knew the A-Bomb would work; but they actually had no reliable way of knowing exactly how much damage a bomb would inflict.

With total air supremacy, by 1945, the Americans had reduced major industrial cities like Tokyo and Osaka to ruins. If they then turned around and dropped A-Bombs on these cities they would have no way of ascertaining how much of the damage was caused by conventional weapons, and how much by the A-Bomb. For this reason, both Hiroshima and Nagasaki were never bombed during the war -- to ensure that all damage caused in these cities was absolutely explainable by the A-Bombs and nothing else.

This was not simply for the benefit of American curiosity. It was also deemed important as a means of convincing the Japanese as well. Consider, if the Americans had dropped the A-Bomb on a city already reduced to rubble by conventional means, how would the Japanese know the true destructive force of the weapon they faced. The Americans reasoned that reducing a pristine city to rubble in one second, would drive home the point about the destructive potential of this new weapon, and serve to further induce the Japanese to surrender -- which, of course, it did.

Answer 2

Japan is surrounded by sea from all the sides like an island. It was a powerful country and difficult to defeat it in war due to its territorial advantage. USA had no alternate than to morally down the people of Japan. Therefore, USA bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the densely populated cities in Japan during WW II.

Answer 3

Why don't people like you ever research your history? Estimated casualty's of an invasion of Japan (based on actual figures from the invasion of the Island of Okinawa during WWII) estimated 2-3 million Allied and anywhere from 10-20 million Japanese. The A bomb actually saved alot of lives, which even the Japanese admit. Or maybe to you its not how many die its how. Or is it just that thee US shouldn't kill people? Did you ever read what the Japanese did to the people in the countries they overran till we pushed them out. Try it some time. If you can't read your history books buy the Audio version before you make asine statements

Answer 4

First of all, they wanted Tokyo the second time around, but the weather wasn't favorable.

The reasoning goes like this:

1. US to Japan: we have a weapon that will destroy an entire city.

Japan to US: no you don't.

US to Japan: (we dropped the bomb on Hiroshima).

2. US to Japan: we have more of these bombs and we will use them.

Japan to US: no you don't, we don't believe you.

US to Japan: (we dropped the 2nd bomb on Nagasaki).

3. Japan to US: ok, ok, we give.

And that is pretty much the story, in condensed form.

Answer 5

Population Control

Answer 6

Short answer to inflict so much damage that the Japanese would lose their taste for war. Also, it established the US as a superpower. That atom bomb changed the idea of war forever. And actaully according to the Geneva Convention its a war crime to intentionally target civilians, which is exaclty what we did. But because we won, war crimes were designated as anything and everything that the Nazi's did.

Answer 7

I don't know about nagasaki, but there was a target in Hiroshima. There was a major industrial area there that helped supply the Japanese war machine. Unfortunatly, even with a nuke, they missed!

Answer 8

to stop the japan and to end the war so the world would live in peace again.to show japan that american will never be bully by them.so thanks to the yanks and my country is free from sushi and sashimi

Answer 9

Because USA are terrorists.

Answer 10

They were military targets.

Stop being (or pretending to be) a historical revisionist.