In WW2, why did the US use atomic weapons against Japan but not against Germany?

by lonely-chicken
Lubyak

/u/RestrictedData has delved into this question here (and in his linked blogpost, which I highly recommend).

Quite simply, by the time the atomic bomb was ready, the war in Europe was effectively over. There had been consideration of using the bomb against Germany, but the issue was mooted by the time there was a bomb to drop.