Why Did the U.S Dropped the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? On August 6 and 9, 1945 the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was strictly military measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era rather than a strictly diplomatic measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender. The three most important reasons to …showed first 75 words of 546 total…

…showed last 75 words of 546 total…because a lot of people died before the war ended and more were going to die. Saving lives with the atomic bomb had it's advantages and disadvantages. A lot of people were saved and a lot more died. Revenge was successful for the U.S. at that time but it won't work all the time. Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was not the best option but it ended the war before it got worse.