Why Did We Drop the First Atomic Bomb Ever since the historical event occurred on August 6 of 1945, when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on a city, people have asked why. There are different explanations of why the bomb was dropped from historians, from the individuals who made the decision to drop the bomb, and from general populations alike. The atomic bomb was dropped to make the rest of the world aware, especially …showed first 75 words of 984 total…

…showed last 75 words of 984 total…s kind ever created, also created an eagerness to use the bomb and see how it would truly work. And the people who were behind the decision of dropping the bomb were also unwitting about the actual intensity and strength the bomb had. These three key factors are the reasons behind why the United States dropped the dreaded atomic bomb on Japan, as they unknowingly and unintentionally began the Cold War and the nuclear age.