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They were desperate to end WW2 and Germany alredy surrendered and we wanted to quickly end the war and that seemed like the easiest way (but it killed mostly innocent civilians) VERY BAD
And I assume the multiple nightly firebombings with 1000 plane raids that killed roughly as many civilians per raid as one atomic bomb did, continuing for another year every night would have been less bad?!? Add to that that during the planned ground invasion 1,000,000 combat deaths on each side were anticipated and well over 10 times that civilian deaths as collateral damage would also have been less bad?!? It seems to me <200,000 atomic bomb deaths saved >>>>12,000,000 conventional deaths plus ~110,000,000 firebombing deaths over the year (assuming 3 raids per night). War is bad, but in the awful tradeoffs of real world war those 2 bomb were VERY GOOD. It is very possible that if the bombs had not been used the total population of Japan after the war would have been less than 1/10th that going into the war, with most of the deaths civilian.
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Who can made first nuclear bomb?
US
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the hydrogen bomb, is a nuclear bomb
Is a bomb a nuclear reaction?
A bomb can be either conventional or nuclear.
Is an atomic bomb or a nuclear bomb more powerful?
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What is the name of the first nuclear bomb?
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US. End WW2.
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Can thorium be used in a nuclear bomb?
Thorium was not used in nuclear weapons.
Where was nuclear bomb used?
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What was used to bomb japan in World War 2 nuclear or hydrogen?
Nuclear. At the time it was called an atom bomb.
What is nuclear energy mostly used for?
To make deadly Nuclear bomb
When was last US nuclear bomb test?
1945
Why did the US dropped a nuclear bomb?
To end WWII.
Which country had the mark 53 nuclear bomb?
US
When did the US build their first nuclear bomb?
1945
What nation was the first to develop a nuclear bomb?
US
Did the nuclear bomb affect only the US?
no it did ont
