Question

Question: What was the immediate effect of the United States' use of atomic weapons in August, 1945?

Responses:

It brought about the unconditional surrender of Japan and ended the Second World War.

The use of atomic weapons resulted in a massive "kamikaze"-style counter-offensive from the Japanese military.

It brought about the unconditional surrender of Germany and stopped the Soviet Union from occupying Berlin.

It gave the U.S. military a base from which it could launch an invasion of mainland Japan.

Answer 1

It brought about the unconditional surrender of Japan and ended the Second World War.

(After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 — together with the Soviet declaration of war against Japan — Japan announced surrender on August 15, 1945, ending WWII.)