Why did the United States choose to drop two atomic bombs on Japan? (A) Americans wanted the government to refocus on ending the Great Depression The United States wanted to get revenge for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Japan was also developing a nuclear weapon and the US needed to strike first (D Estimates of an invasion of Japan suggested there would be a million casualties

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Why did the United States choose to drop two atomic bombs on Japan?
(A) Americans wanted the government to refocus on ending the Great Depression
The United States wanted to get revenge for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan was also developing a nuclear weapon and the US needed to strike first
(D Estimates of an invasion of Japan suggested there would be a million casualties
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D. Estimates of an invasion of Japan suggested there would be a million casualties.

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The United States chose to drop two atomic bombs on Japan in order to end the war quickly and avoid a costly invasion of the Japanese mainland. Estimates of...
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