What Was the Official Reason for Dropping Atomic Bombs on Japan

question 33

Multiple Choice

What was the official reason for dropping atomic bombs on Japan?

• A)To punish Japan for Pearl Harbor
• B)To test out the new weapon to see how powerful it was
• C)To offset a shortage of conventional explosive materials in the United States
• D)To save the hundreds of thousands of American lives it was calculated that a U.S.-led invasion of Japan would cost
• E)To force the Japanese emperor to give up his claims to divinity and to abdicate

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