2006-11-24 12:34:47 · 8 answers · asked by madjr 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
well these answers are the poilitcal answers the military answer was targeting issues weather related and so on. The Japanese Empire refused to believe that ONE BOMB did all of that damage. And the bomb was used despite protestes by the military who supported an invasion of mainland Japan. But the japanese surrendered only when the Russians decided to invade the korean pensunila the bomb helped but the Russians turning on the japanese is what ended the war.
2006-11-24 12:50:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Japan was offered the chance to surrender several times before the first bomb was dropped. The U.S. said for weeks that if Japan did not surrender they would drop a devastating bomb on their country. Japan was not able to meet the unconditional demands of the the surrender and the bomb was dropped. Because the bomb was so devastating the U.S. sent word that if they didn't receive word of a surrender they would drop bomb number two. Japan thought that the U.S. was bluffing as they had the months before and decided they would wait to see what happened. Number two was dropped on Nagasaki and within hours Japan surrendered
2006-11-24 20:44:02 · answer #2 · answered by msdeville96 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of this information may have been lost by now or may still be classified.
But......I would imagine that this would have been the "optimal" amount of time.
By 3 days, much of the radiation that would cause problems with navigation during new missions would have decreased, and the risk to new crews flying new missions would be less.
Also, this gave them a little time to try to assess the effectiveness of the bomb. (pretty much it was assumed that they wouldn't surrender after 1 bomb).
It gave a little time for a governmental overthrow to occur in Japan (this almost happened).
In the outside chance they would surrender, this gave them a little time to make the surrender decision.
Also, they didn't want to take MORE time than that because there was, after all an awful war going on that you'd like to win quickly. They didn't want to go more time than you have to.
In summary, 3 days was enough time, it was the optimal amount of time to minimize the risks for the US.
2006-11-24 20:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This was because, quite simply, the japanese did not surrender after the first bomb. President Harry Truman wanted the Japanese to believe that we would just keep hitting them with bomb after bomb after bomb, perhaps 2-3 per week, until there was no more Japanese spoken in Japan any longer. Fortunately for us, they surrendered after the second bomb, because we couldn't have made any more for another 9-12 months. It was a very clever strategy of our president, don't you agree? It saved many lives on both sides of the conflict.
2006-11-24 20:40:19 · answer #4 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To assess the reaction of the Japanese. When they rejected the unconditional surrender, the second one was dropped.
2006-11-24 20:37:42 · answer #5 · answered by Sophist 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just like all the answers here, mine is similar:
The U.S. wanted to give them time to react to see if they would surrender or not (obviously, they didn't) so we dropped #2.
2006-11-24 21:32:21 · answer #6 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To make them realize quicker that they have nothing to gain in continuing to fight. They didn't mind losing 10,000 to kill 100 of us, but when the tides changed to them losing thousands and killing none, they realized they had lost the war. Sad event though.
2006-11-24 20:40:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
they didn't want to give them time to try to retaliate.
2006-11-24 20:39:54 · answer #8 · answered by Tired Old Man 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋