Why did the United States drop a second atomic bomb on Japan?

A) The United States wanted to stop the Axis Powers from using an atomic bomb.

B) Japan was planning to drop an atomic bomb on the United States.

C) Japan refused to surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima.

D) The United States wanted to destroy a Japanese military location.

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Meredith

18 June, 02:05

Why did the United States drop a second atomic bomb on Japan?

A) The United States wanted to stop the Axis Powers from using an atomic bomb.

B) Japan was planning to drop an atomic bomb on the United States.

C) Japan refused to surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima.

D) The United States wanted to destroy a Japanese military location.

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Felix · Answer 1

I think c is the correct answer ...

Trevor · Answer 2

On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional surrender. The devastation wrought at Hiroshima was not sufficient to convince the Japanese War Council to accept the Potsdam Conference's demand for unconditional surrender.