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Hiroshima was chosen because it has reasonable military importance to Japan.

the bombs killed a lot of people from the radiation The United States though it was the best and most efficient, fastest way to end the war and stop people from committing suicide. The short term effects was killing people instantly and the long term effects were disease, tumor, etc and many people died years after the bombing from the bomb. The reason for the atomic bomb dropping was because they wanted a quick and easy way to bring the war to an end. When it dropped it cleared more than 40 km instantly.

The US decided that the fastest way to end the war would be to drop an atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There were shadows permanently burned onto walls and streets. The US desperately wanted to end the war, so they dropped an atomic bomb on Japanese cities causing them to surrender. Topic 1 RAFT 12 What were the reasons for the dropping of atom bombs on Japan and its short and long-term effects:

Six days following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the Jaopanese claimed its surrender to the Allied powers.

The reasons for dropping an atomic bomb on Japan was to end the war; many people died from the radiation that spread across the area when the bomb hit and people also died many years later from the radiation still in there body.

The reasons to drop the atom bombs was to find a good way to end the way, and if they didn't then the war would have gone on and there would have been even more casualties.

When the U.S. dropped the bomb on Nagasaki the after affects where devastating the bomb had completely destroyed and killed the entire city

Japan and its short and long-term effects: The U.S. wanted to drop the bomb on Japan to subdue it. They knew Japan would quickly surrender. This saved close to 100,000 American soldiers and about 1,000,000 Japanese soldiers. The United States dropped the bomb on Japan to end the war. They thought that it would save many Japanese people because many of the Japanese would commit suicide during the war. When the bombs dropped, they surrendered. The reason for the U.S. dropping the atomic bomb was because it was the only way that we could get the Japanese to surrender after all of their kamikaze attacks. Also we had warned them about it and threaten them but the failure to respond by Japan gave the U.S. the okay to bomb. The U.S. choose Hiroshima because it was considerable a military importance, containing Japan's Second Army Headquarters, as well as being a communications center and storage depot. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States immediately took action. They used the new found atomic bomb and dropped it on Hiroshima at an attempt to end the war. The immediate effects were that there were 70,000 people in Hiroshima and 40,000 in Nagasaki that were killed. In later years, due to cancer and other long term effects, up to 200,000 died by 1950. Although there were many casualties, this event did begin the road to the end of the war. Although the United States had defeated the Japanese on their island hopping campaign, the Bataan Death March, taking of the main islands would have caused too many casualties, therefore, the United States dropped the bombs to force the Japanese to surrender. While in the midst of conquering Japan, the United States threatened the country by warning them to surrender of face utter and complete destruction if they did not. The Japanese, however, ignored the threat and on August 6, 1945, an American plane dropped an atomic bomb on the mid-sized city of Hiroshima, Japan. The atomic bomb flattened four square miles and instantly killed over 70,000 people. In the months that followed, many more would die from radiation sickness, a deadly after effect from exposure to radioactive material. Truman, the current president of the United States, had warned them that if they still did not surrender, they would expect worse and on August 8, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. The Japanese still, however, did not respond. The following day, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing more than 40,000 people. The Japanese lost at least 110,000 people in the by the bombings. Finally, on August 10, the Japanese government surrendered. The war had finally ended when a formal peace treaty was signed on an American boat. Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan quickly ended the war, but it also brought terrible destruction to Japan that would effect them in many years following. During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The reason that the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki specifically because they were some of the most populated areas of Japan. Us atomic bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima because the Japanese weren't ever planing on giving up until they won. So the US had to atomic bomb populated areas to show the Japanese that if they don't give up the U.S. will have no remorse.(Joe P.) The U.S. believed that if they didn't drop the atomic bomb than a lot more casualties would have resulted from both sides if an invasion of Japan occurred. the reason for dropping the atom bomb is to stop the war in the Pacific. The reasons for the atomic bomb to be dropped was to draw an immediate end to the war in japan, though many people died immediately, many people would suffer long term radiation effects, and people are still being born with birth defects to this day. The Americans had taken many casualties from Japanese suicide bombers and realized that the Japanese would not surrender easily. The Japanese did not want an unconditional surrender, so they hoped that they could do enough damage to American ships that the U.S. would agree to make a peace treaty that favored Japan more than an unconditional surrender. That is why the Americans dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. The second bomb was dropped because the Japanese did not surrender after the first bombing. America chose the city of Hiroshima as their target due to its military importance, Hiroshima contained Japan's Second Army Headquarters, a communications center and a storage depot as well. So it was a really good target to eliminate. The long term affects caused after the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs was Japan's surrender; the short term affects were the mass killing of the population of Hiroshima and Okinawa. Japan would never surrender unless everyone in their army was dead so the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb to make sure that they would surrender which ended the war was a long term effect and the short term effect was the civilian deaths that the bomb caused. The reason for the U.S. dropping the atomic bomb was to immediately end the war. During World War II, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were destroyed by atomic bombs dropped by the United States military on August 6 and August 9, 1945, killing at least 100,000 civilians outright and many more over time. The reason for the Dropping of the atomic bomb in Japan was partially revenge for Pearl Harbor but was mainly to have the Japanese surrender and stop the war. One reason the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Japan was because we hoped that this would end the war quickly. The Americans did not want the war to continue so they decided to drop the atomic bomb so it would end the war immediately.

The U.S. thought that the atomic bomb droppings would be easier than having people fight and die.

The United States used the atomic bomb to end their war with Japan and have them surrender. The Atom Bomb was a nuclear weapon so it affected the area it hit with radiation for years afterward. Although that the U.S. didn't want to have to drop the bombs because of all the civilians, but they did it anyway because it would do more good than harm. The Russians and several other countries were competing with the U.S. to create an atomic bomb.

Some short term effects were structures collapsed and people suffered radioactive burns.

Some long term effects were the land had extremely high radiation levels and the population was decimated (close to 150,000 people were killed in total from the 2 bombings)

The U.S. wanted to put an end to the war with Japan and decided that the best way to do that was to drop bombs on Japan. A short term effect was that it ended an escalation of civilian bombings during World War II. Though the bombings were blamed for causing some lifespans to decrease in the long run.

The U.S.A. wanted to end the war fast. Short term effects were structure collapses' radiation burns, and death. Some long term effects were death because of radiation. Radiation also caused cancer and can cause birth defects.

Most people who were alive at the time of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, especially veterans, subscribe to the “traditional” belief that Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan for solely military reasons.

In Hiroshima alone there were over 70,000 lives ended in only the bomb alone and thousand others taken due to the sever radiation poisoning after the bomb.

Another reason the U.S. dropped the atom bomb was to prove it worked and therefore showing dominance over other countries competing to be super powers.

Intense thermal heat emitted by the fireball caused severe burns and loss of eyesight After the intial 70,000 people dead in Hiroshima and 40,000 in Nagasaki, it is said that 200,000 people died by 1950 mainly due to cancer and other radiation-related diseases.

Most people who were alive at the time of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, especially veterans, subscribe to the “traditional” belief that Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan for solely military reasons. A timely end to the war would mean that no land invasion of Japan is necessary.

n the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named //Enola Gay// took off from the island of Tinian and headed north by northwest toward Japan. The bomber's primary target was the **city of Hiroshima**, located on the deltas of southwestern Honshu Island facing the Inland Sea