what ere the main reasons for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and nagasaki?

Answer 1

Basically it was a choice of two options.
1. We, the USA, was planning to invade Japan which would have lasted a long time with debatable casualties.
2. Drop the bombs and end the war quickly.

Historians have been debating this ever since as to whether or not it was the humane thing to do.

Answer 2

While the obvious, and politically correct answer was to end the war, there is another possiblity that has been discussed in some circles. It is conspiritorial in nature, and is supported by an observation that the first presidential order pertaining to the deployment of nuclear weapons was not issued until after Nagasaki. That order reputedly states that "no more nuclear weapons will be deployed without a direct presidential order." This statement is interpreted by some to suggest that General Grove ordered the deployment of the weapons without timely presidential review. The proponents of this line of thought suggest that Groves was afraid that the president did not have the stomach for the destruction anticipated with these weapons, and was afraid they would not be used. He is reputed to have believed that if the war had ended without their use, he would then have been subjected to criticism for spending more money on a single unused weapon than the US government had ever spent on any project in history. In researching the topic, I have not been able to find any presidential order directing the weapons be deployed. (With all due honosty, I am not an historian, and I have not done an e xhaustive search of the presidential orders of the day, however I have spent many hours researching this period in history. Perhaps soneone out there will know of a specific presidential order to deploy the weapons, and will correct my ignorance.) In any event, this is an interesting counter theory for this action. As an aide, I have done a non-scientific survey over the past twenty years. In 1984, twelve high school seniors out of twenty answered the question "What country is the only country to have used a nuclear weapon against another nation" correctly. The most common wrong answer was "Japan".
In 1996, eight out of twenty four hisgh school seniors (same community) answered the question correctly. The most common wrong answer was "Germany". In 2003, the most recent time I conducted this same survey, ten out of thirty answered the question correctly. The most common incorrect answer was "China". One might interpret this data to support the arguement that history is being revised, even as we move into the twenty first century. I stress that my surveys have not be conducted within the framework of a scientifically valid study, but draw your own conclusions. The comment by another answerer that a fleet of hundreds of bombers was flown over Tokyo may be correct, and they may have been symbolic of a threat of the number ow weapons we might have deployed, but the historical fact is that the Fat Man and the Little Boy were the only nuclear weapons we had in hand, that after Nagasaki, it was projected to be several weeks before we had enough enriched uranium to make another weapon, and we could not have deployed hundreds of nuclear weapons for several years, even if we had wanted to. The idea of a stockpile of nuclear weapons did not come to fruition until well into the cold war. It seems clear from the historical record that the use of nuclear weapons did bring the war in Japan to a close much sooner than it would have without their use. Tragically, even though the war came to an end, and thousands of lives were probably spared when the conventional warfare was ended, the action of using nuclear weapons opened a new era in the history of warfare, and has created an entirely new set of risks for mankind. The bomb has not ended warfare, and we all face the possibility of a major nuclear war within our lifetimes. Let's try to build a better world where this kind of risk may be eliminated.

Answer 3

We had to end the war. The American military couldn't handle a fight on two fronts. We were short on weapons and resources. We also wanted to test this new weapon which we had created.
Also there was no reason to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. The Japanese would have surrendered but they had no idea what happened all communication was out to Nagasaki. We didn't give them enough time to surrender.

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Answer 4

It was projected that over 1 million soldiers would be killed by the Japanese if the war continued. The Japanese mentality during the time was that surrender or capture was even worse than death. That is why hardly anyone surrendered and why they treated our POWs so badly, it was a matter of pride. That explains kamikaze pilots and why the Japanese continued to send people to fight. Eventually we had to decide-it's either them or us. Soldiers didn't work, regular bombs didn't work, much less diplomacy. The nuclear bomb was the only way to get the message through.

Answer 5

Atomic bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to stop Japan from its military aggression in the Pacific Region.

Answer 6

1) They attacked us.

2) They would not surrender even after the two nukes were dropped. Few people read the whole story. The U.S. didn't want to attack Tokyo with the Emperor living there. This would have made the Japanese people more resistant to surrender had their Emperor been killed. So, the U.S. flew some 1200 bombers over Tokyo to symbolize they had that many nukes to drop there if they did not surrender. They did.

Answer 7

to end the ruthless rape, murder and persecution Imperial Japan was actively committing across Asia for the past 9 years and put an end to a brutal regime that cannot in anyway be portrayed as "victims".

Ask the Koreans, Chinese, Filipinos, etc- how bad they feel for the japanese and whether the A-Bomb was necessary.

Answer 8

After losing tens of thousands of soldiers in a single day on a single Island vs the Japs time after time, it gets old, you know. And...other countries we were at war with were developing future weapons....missiles, jets, etc....so time got critical....drop the bomb, no surrender , drop another...Saved 100's of thousands of people..Japs included..maybe even you if you had relatives in it.....was the right decision

Answer 9

Bring a quicker end to the war to save the lives of American soldiers.

Answer 10

We had the biggest gun.
We wanted to use it.
We were pissed.
We were impatient.
We were ruthless.

If it hadn't been the US, some one else would have, sooner or later-
let the genie out of the bottle. And he is still alive and pacing within.