The reasons were many. One is that there was a tremendous loss of life during the battles of the war and the longer the war went on the more lives would be lost. The Dropping of the bomb was not...
An attempt to hasten the end of the war, and avoid the horrific bloodshed that would have occurred on both sides with the Invasion of Japan. It worked.
We droped the nuke because we would not win on an invasion of Japan. Unfortunately the only way to get Japan to surrender was to do what we did. It was estimated that on the first day of an invasion...
A-Bomb.
After the dropping of the two A-Bombs on Japan, there was relief that the war was over. However, after several years, questions began to be asked as to the wisdom and morality of having...
An attempt (right or wrong) to save Allied lives by unleashing a weapon so terrible that the Japanese would surrender immediately, rather than fight inch by inch to the death - which was the US...