2007-04-12 12:25:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Saving millions of lives. Invading of Japan would have killed many, many Americans. Japanese military and airforce were more superior to ours during those times.
2007-04-16 12:22:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though there's been a lot of speculation that it was as much posturing in anticipation of the cold war, as it was trying to achieve a military victory, I think the simple explanation: that the hope was the bomb would force surrender without a costly (in American lives) invasion, is the most plausible.
2007-04-12 12:29:21 · answer #2 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saving the lives of thousands of American soldiers.
Invading Japan would have been a very costly proposition.
2007-04-12 12:34:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They started it, we ended it. Thank God.
If we had had to invade Japan, much higher number of dead - both American dead and Japanese dead - it would have meant higher number of dead than the two atom bombs killed.
War is a nasty business. Again, they started it, so it's their fault.
2007-04-12 12:30:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋