Why did the United States throw two atomic bombs at Japan?

For half a century, the secret of this third atomic bomb has gradually surfaced.

According to the memoirs of Lieutenant General groves, a retired American soldier,1In mid-July, 1945, US Secretary of State Marshall had initially drawn up a plan for bombing Japan with atomic bombs, and listed Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Kokura and Niigata as targets. By the beginning of August, the goal was further clarified: the first goal was Hiroshima, the second goal was Kokura, and the third goal was Nagasaki.

During the bombing of B-29 aircraft on August 6-9, Hiroshima's nuclear bomb exploded due to the weather, but the clouds over the small warehouse were too thick, and Nagasaki became the second target, dropping two atomic bombs on Nagasaki. As a result, everyone knows that there have been rare explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the lethality is far from comparable to other shells. However, everyone has overlooked one thing, which the US military has never revealed: the total * * * dropped three nuclear bombs, nicknamed "Big Man", "Little Fat Man" and "Little Boy".

The core event here is that one of the "little boy" and "little fat man" thrown at Nagasaki did not explode. According to the estimation of the US Bureau of Strategic Bombing Statistics, about 10000 people died immediately in Nagasaki this time, and more than 60,000 people were injured, which is equivalent to an atomic bomb. But whether the explosion was a "little fat boy" or a "little boy" is still unknown.

It is said that the Japanese base camp held an emergency meeting to take care of this unexploded atomic bomb. At the meeting in Japan, in order to avoid the dominance of the United States after the war, it was decided to give this unexploded atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. At that time, Japan clearly knew that defeat was a foregone conclusion, so it chose the future strategy of letting the two strong countries compete. This is actually another divide-and-rule method, which will affect the world situation for at least half a century in the future.

It is said that after receiving a secret contact from Japan, the Soviet Union was in charge of this matter by General Yan Sujin, then the director of the General Intelligence Bureau.

Soon after, on August 29th, 1949, the Soviet Union successfully tested and exploded the first atomic bomb. The news shocked US President Truman. Now it seems that no matter how high the R&D level of the Soviet Union is, this third atomic bomb has played a role in fueling world hegemony for 50 years.

To sum up, if what groves wrote in his memoirs is true, then another piece of news is worth referring to. The Japanese side provided proof that the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Nagasaki: the air defense report of Nagasaki, Japan on the day of bombing accurately recorded the situation at that time. The record describes that at that time, the US military dropped two atomic bombs, one of which exploded and the other was not damaged because it deviated from the target by about two kilometers. In contrast, this third atomic bomb is still possible. As for the Japanese base camp. Whether to give it to the Soviet Union is unknown.

Others hold different opinions, saying that the nuclear materials of the United States at that time could only be used to make two atomic bombs after the nuclear test. This answer is far-fetched. In 20 16, the United States also estimated that North Korea's nuclear materials were only enough to build two nuclear bombs, and in 20 17, it was estimated that more than a dozen nuclear bombs could be built. So, obviously, raw materials are not enough to judge the number of nuclear bombs. Just like your monthly salary is 4,000 this year, we can't conclude that you will have this income next month or next year.