Hiroshima And Nagasaki Dbq Analysis

The soul purpose of the United States dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to intimidate the Soviet Union during World War two. Due to the fact that if the Soviet Union had joined the war with Japan they would have stayed and made themselves feel at home which was what the United States did not want to happen. So by showing the Soviet Union that the United States has fire weapons that can kill thousands of men, women, and children with in the matter of seconds and are not afraid to use it at any given moment.

In document C James Byrnes talks about how the soul purpose of the American military was to drop the atomic bomb in hopes of impressing Russia and make sure that they did not invade Nagasaki and once concord stay