The motives for dropping the atomic bomb.......

The debate over what the United States motives were when they dropped two atomic bombs on two Japanese cities, killing over 100,000 people will never end. Whether or not we wanted to intimidate the Soviet Union will still be a controversial subject. So will the question whether or not the bombs killed more people than a land invasion would.

If you want to learn more, these are some good websites regarding what the United States wanted to get out of dropping the atomic bombs.
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/educators/study-guides/history_decision-to-drop-bomb.htm

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/trinity/supplement/procon.html