why didn't the USA just nuke it instead of sacrificing 25,000 of our brave soldiers?
2007-09-29 04:57:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
joyce, no I'm not kidding you....
and did we only have a enough nuke material for 2 bombs?
2007-09-29 05:04:36 · update #1
FDR didnt want to use the bomb. Truman decided to use it.
2007-09-29 05:46:41 · answer #1 · answered by mnbvcxz52773 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iwo Jima was part of the Island Hopping strategy to get to japan why would we waste nukes on the little island that was just under Japanese influence when we used it on the main island Japan.
2007-09-29 05:41:02 · answer #2 · answered by ssj 4 pluto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strategically...
They needed Iwo Jima intact to be used as an emergency air field for strategic bombing of Japan.
Even before the island was totally secured they started using it so that heavily damaged planes returning from missions could land there.
2007-09-29 05:23:18 · answer #3 · answered by h h 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had enough material for three. One was tested in Nevada and the other two were used in Japan. The bombs were nowhere near ready during for fight for Iwo Jima.
2007-09-29 05:08:04 · answer #4 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Uhhh, the Nuke wasnt ready then Eisenhower....
2007-09-29 05:25:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One really good reason is, we didn't have bombs. When we bombed Nagasaki, we used the last a-bomb in the world.
2007-09-29 05:05:32 · answer #6 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bomb had not been used at this time. Did not know if it would work.
2007-09-29 05:05:20 · answer #7 · answered by William C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not enough nukes.
2007-09-29 05:01:15 · answer #8 · answered by bobanalyst 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we couldn't use it for what we wanted it for if we nuked it.
plus 25000 Marines didn't die on that island
2007-09-29 06:25:15 · answer #9 · answered by guns155mm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi ..
maybe no nukes ...
or too many marines ...
best regards ..
2007-09-29 05:08:39 · answer #10 · answered by hani996 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋