The United States' decision to drop the atomic bomb was intended to intimidate and keep the Soviet Union from invading Japan, but was also to end the war. Even without the atomic bomb, the Japanese empire would have collapsed. The United States, however, did not want to let the Soviet Union enter the war and invade Japan in order to spread communism. Before the atomic bomb, the US had already developed plans for the invasion …showed first 75 words of 584 total…

…showed last 75 words of 584 total…fighting around the world, came to a sudden end with two events: dropping of the atomic bombs first on Hiroshima and then on Nagasaki. The dropping of the deadliest weapon ever known to mankind was to end the war without many casualties, the dropping itself has not gone without debate. It is obvious that the Atomic bomb was dropped more for a diplomatic reason to “contain” communism than the military reason of ending the war.