America's Use of the Atomic Bomb to Defeat Japan________

America's use of the atomic bomb to defeat Japan________ .

A) strengthened the alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union
B) made the Soviet Union defer to the United States in matters of international policy
C) had no effect on the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union
D) led to the postwar arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union
E) nearly led to an outright war with the Soviet Union