The American decision to drop the atomic bomb on JapanThere are several reasons why America dropped the atomic bomb on JapanHiroshima. Some are more important than others. 130,000 citizens died in this incident, mainly children and workers, as the bomb was dropped around 8:16 in the morning. America's reasons for dropping the bomb were because America thought Japan wanted to dominate the world like Hitler did before he died, also save American lives, test the bomb because they had spent so much money for this, also gain power, to take revenge on Japan for attacking. Pearl Harbor, where 2,000 people were killed and America wanted revenge for the treatment of POWs on Okinawa and the very vicious battle. The reasons can mainly be classified as political, international ideological, technological and personal. Some of the reasons are long term, i.e. Pearl Harbor, and others are short term, i.e. money, but all can be linked to the final decision that America took on August 6, 1945 to drop the first atomic bomb. There were several political or ideological reasons for dropping this bomb, I believe these reasons are appropriate. First, Truman wanted to be re-elected as Prime Minister as the election approached. He would have wanted to make a good impression on his audience to win their votes. He gave a speech saying "we won." Second, to gain his public votes, he may have attacked Japan to show his public his power and make them feel like he has a leader who is in control and will make America "great." Third, capitalism and its conflict against communism. The American government wanted to stop the spread of communist power. All the reasons played a unique role in dropping the bomb. However, there were key factors in The dropping of the bomb was aimed primarily at frightening them and stopping the spread of communism. Second, it was about getting revenge on Japan for its attack on Pearl Harbor. Third, there was a bad attitude towards prisoners of war. The dropping of the bomb had consequences, some were babies born with physical defects. In the years after the bombs were dropped, people were still dying from radiation and cancer. Innocent civilians were being killed or dying. People may wonder if it was necessary to drop the bomb on Japan to defeat them. In my opinion, I think they had full authority to attack because they were attacked by Japan and would have felt provoked by Japan testing their power..