DBQ 1988
The United States government did not detonate the two nuclear devices on Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the intention of bringing an end to the war with Japan, but instead to intimidate the Soviet Union. The defeat of Japan proved that the United States bombed the country to show how strong the Americans are regarding nuclear energy versus the Soviets. Also, the undeniable truth that relations with the Soviet Union started to deter, showed that the United States wanted to frighten the U.S.S.R. by bombing Japan. Finally, competition for the post-World War II division of Europe proved that the U.S. wanted to scare the Soviet Union.Dropping the atomic bomb constituted a major factor in decision of Japan to accept the terms laid out at the Potsdam agreement. Their casualties in defending the hopeless island of Okinawa equaled to one-hundred-ten-thousand and the naval blockade that the allies had enforced brought trade down to almost nothing (Document A). Destruction quickly emerged in Japan. The allies ignored this for the reason that dropping the atomic bomb on the Japane
Hiroshima and Nagasaki gave them the power to prove that. Relations with the Soviets grew tense at that point and the United States wanted to prove to the world that they, and not the Soviets Union, had the most superiority in the world. Because of the troubled relations with Russia, and the confidence that the United States had in the atomic bomb, they used it to intimidate Russia and not to force an end to the war with Japan. Apparently, the United States did not want Russian intervention once work on the atomic bomb completed. Japan had suffered severe losses of life and came close to surrender even when they had unawareness of the existence of atomic weaponry. At the Yalta conference, Franklin D. Churchill quoted: "'It is quite clear that the United States do not at the present time desire Soviet participation in the war against Japan" (Document E). The United States extremely disliked Communism. As World War II came to an end, two new superpowers emerged: the United States and the Soviet Union. At the time, Roosevelt did not have confidence that the United States could win the war easily without help from Stalin. The United States, however, did not know this, and thus had the remained confident. In return for the support against Japan, Roosevelt agreed to terms that helped create more tension between the two countries because it gave U.
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