Reasons for Hiroshima Bombing

The summer of 1945 brought the continued conflict between America and Japan in the post-World War-II era. Whether or not the United States' decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima was a diplomatic mausre calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union rather than a military measure used to force Japan's surrender was debatable. The reasons for the use of the atomic bomb according to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill differed …

…restored to China. In the summer of 1945 it seems that many were misinformed or just not informed at all as to the diplomatic state of the nation. Some were under the impression that Japan was bombed to end the war while others believed it was to prevent Russian involvement (which was already planned for anyway.) It seems tha these views can be attributed to poor communication between the officials involved rather than difference in opinion.