Roosevelt had to drop them since it was the only way to end the war without the invasion of Japan.By sacrificing a couple thousand innocent japanese lives he saved the lives of millions of american and jap soldiers.
Roosevelt was hoping the bombs would scare the japs and make them realize they are defeated
ok, I agree with what has been said so far, and moving this thread along, I have another question. Do you think it would have been better for the US forces to drop the bomb in a souly military target, or would it have been better to drop it where they did, hiroshima and nagasaki? Would it have been better for them to drop it on an island such as iwo jima?
The radio-active material carried in the U-234, couldn't be used to make a dirty bomb as it wasn't radio-active enough to be very dangerous. It would have had to be processed in a nuclear reactor before it would be radio-active enough to use in a dirty bomb, and the Germans or Japanese didn't have a working reactor.Another thought is that the German U Boat 234 was sailing to to Japan in 1945 laden with radio active material for the Japanese to make dirty bombs to drop them on America. The bombs were going to be carried on small planes which would have been carried on giant Japanese Submarines with on board hangers. Had the war in Europe lasted just a few more weeks then the material would have been delivered and this thread could have had quite a different slant to it. As it was much of this material went into making Americas second Atom Bomb. One their first targets was Los Angeles
I don't think the concept of Dirty Bombs was even imaginable at that point. And if it was, I think it would be a massive can of worms for the US government, reflecting back on the nuclear testing they did in Alaska, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada. I think, but am not real sure about, some testing back east.Another thought is that the German U Boat 234 was sailing to to Japan in 1945 laden with radio active material for the Japanese to make dirty bombs to drop them on America. The bombs were going to be carried on small planes which would have been carried on giant Japanese Submarines with on board hangers. Had the war in Europe lasted just a few more weeks then the material would have been delivered and this thread could have had quite a different slant to it. As it was much of this material went into making Americas second Atom Bomb. One their first targets was Los Angeles
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