Why did the USA Drop Two Atomic Bombs on Japan in 1945?

Aug 6, 1945

US dropped the 1 bomb on Hiroshima, a military base.

Aug 9, 1945

US dropped another bomb on Nagasaki, the planned landing point for the US invasion of Japan.

Aug 10, 1945

Japan surrended

Terror Bombing

The Germans, RAF, and USAF used it against each other to destroy industrial and military centres and workers, aiming to destroy morale.

The Fire Bombing of Tokyo

The US captured Iwo Jima and destroyed the Japanese air force, bomb cities like Tokyo in May 1945, breaking Japanese morale.

Enola Gay B – 29 Superfortress

Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Hiroshima bomb was called

Little man

Nagasaki

Big man

Military Weapon

The Japanese government threatened to put to death 400,000 allied prisoners of war if the USA invaded Japan!

Revenge

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the USA, destroying 2400 servicemen and six battleships

Frighten the Russians

The 1945 Yalta Conference lessened early Eastern European elections, but Stalin's untrustworthiness and Japan's 80% oil cutoff strained relations.

To Test the Weapon

$200 mil was spent on it and many scientist and military advisers wanted to see what it could do

Theories for the bomb dropping

Revenge for Pearl Harbour, Testing the weapon, scary Russians, and being just a military weapon