Answer:
Among the options given on the question the answer is option D.
to cause as much as damage.
Explanation: During the last moments of the World War II Allies attacked on the civilian and the military targets in the Japan. The Allied forces wanted to cause as much as damage which will lead the Japanese force to surrender. Because the durability of the war was increasing.
So it was getting more devastating and costly. As a result allies tried to make Japan to realize that they should surrender. So attacks like Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic attack was done to create pressure on the Japanese government to surrender.
The destructive affects of the atomic attack on the civilian and the military targets led Japan to surrender and that eventually ended the World War II.