Why did the United States bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki instead of Tokyo?

One (big) reason was because Hiroshima and Nagaski were two cities left in a very small pool which had not been bombed yet. Tokyo, as well as many of Japan’s other major cities, had already been heavily damaged by previous bombings.

What were some of the alternatives to dropping the atomic bomb on Japan?

President Harry Truman had many alternatives at his disposal for ending the war: invade the Japanese mainland, hold a demonstration of the destructive power of the atomic bomb for Japanese dignitaries, drop an atomic bomb on selected industrial Japanese cities, bomb and blockade the islands, wait for Soviet entry into …

Was the US justified in dropping two atomic bombs on Japan?

“No. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was justified at the time as being moral – in order to bring about a more rapid victory and prevent the deaths of more Americans. However, it was clearly not moral to use this weapon knowing that it would kill civilians and destroy the urban milieu.

Was Japan warned before being nuked?

The first round, known as the “LeMay leaflets,” were distributed before the bombing of Hiroshima. These leaflets did not directly reference the atomic bomb, and it is unclear whether they were used to warn citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki specifically.

What would have happened if the US had invaded Japan?

While the overall Japanese deaths attributed to the atomic bombs were between 129,000 and 226,000, the continuation of the war could have resulted in far, far greater numbers of Japanese deaths. The U.S. government estimated that invading the Japanese Home Islands would cost 5 to 10 million Japanese lives.

Did anyone survive the atomic bomb?

Tsutomu Yamaguchi – the first person officially recognized to have survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.