Asked by mark

was the US trying to intimidate the uSSR by displaying the power of the atom bomb? why?


are there any supporting documents?
Answered by SraJMcGin
To which year are you referring? To the bombing of Hiroshima? That was to end the war.

Sra
Answered by mark
were there other times when the US used the atomic bomb, other than ww2?
Answered by Ms. Sue
The first site offers an opinion relative to your question.

You may find more information in the many links at the second site.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7706

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hiroshim.htm
Answered by Ms. Sue
No. We only used the atomic bomb at the end of WW II when we bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.