The Justification of the Use of Atomic Weapons in World War Two

The end of the war was drawing near, and the Pacific was now the United States’ main focus because a quick defeat of the Japanese was needed. Now, new president, Harry S. Truman, was faced with a huge decision. Should we drop the atomic bomb on Japan? Yes, there were other options, but none would end the war as quickly. So, on August 3, 1945 the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, and on August 9, 1945 another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. I think it was not only a military necessity, but entirely justifiable, because the Japanese were determined not to surrender, it saved lives, both American and Japanese, in led to a fast end of the war, and was the right thing to do.

One of the most controversial and heavily scrutinized issue of the twentieth century was President Harry S. Truman’s decision to unleash atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The motives behind Truman’s actions are shrouded in controversy as top military officials publicly denounced the use of such a disastrous weapon. There is overwhelming evidence supporting both sides of the decision, as historians are split in opinion. The United States had been using conventional bombing to try to push Japan over the edge to surrender, but with countless Japanese civilians loyal to their country, invading Japan proved to be more problematic than first thought. Harry S. Truman made the ultimate decision of dropping the atomic bomb in hopes that it would end the war, but the amount of casualties caused by it has historians questioning if it was morally right, “The bomb was unfortunate, but it was the only means to bring Japan to a surrender,” historian Sadao Asada states (Bomb 9). Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justifiable because they would ultimately lead to the end of the war and would demonstrate U.S. supremacy.

The atomic bombs were dropped with purpose of solving diplomatic reasons and to inevitably make Japan surrender. The diplomatic goals the US had at the time was to prevent Russia from joining the war against Japan, but the US wanted to win the war before the USSR joined in order to prevent Stalin from claiming land in Japan and spreading communist influence throughout Asia. So in order to impede the potential spread of Russian influence and communism in post­war Japan, the US had to end the war as soon as possible or else the potential spread of Stalin and the Soviet Union’s influence might bring forth more devastating and graver consequences for the future of the US. The atomic bomb was a diplomatic and intimidating way of keeping the Soviet

The necessity of the atomic bombs have long been debated in America. Although they did contribute to stopping the war, Americans still wonder if murdering Japanese civilians was a necessary means to an end, or if it could have been avoided. Some people believe that the war would have ended without using the bombs. Others believe they were the sole purpose that the war finally ended. Many people were involved with bringing the bombs to fruition, such as the scientists, the government and military leaders, and the very teams that flew them to their targets. Then the President addressed the situation and American citizens spoke their minds. All of these people had their own thoughts on whether the bombs were needed. In this essay, the opinions on the atomic bomb’s necessity will be reviewed by presenting both the pros and cons from a variety of sources.

On May 1945, a long-awaited V-E Day finally came and brought an end to the war in Europe. But, the war in the Pacific was still continuing against Japan since they are being reluctant to surrender despite the continuous indiscriminate bombardments The United States began to consider about using the atomic bombs as the only way to end the war immediately. On the other hand, many argued that Japan’s staggering losses were enough to force Japan’s surrender. In the end, President Harry S. Truman didn’t hesitate to use this nuclear weapon and bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with only three days interval between the two bombing. As a result, Japan has surrendered, but if I were to make a decision, I haven’t used atomic bombs because it was unnecessary since Japan has virtually lost already.

In 1945, at the order of President Harry Truman, the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which triggered controversy worldwide. The debate arose between two sides, with one favoring the decision and the other calling it inhumane. Those favoring the decision agreed with President Truman, that dropping the atomic bomb was justified because it ended World War II. Those in favor also believed the bombing was justified because the US had given Japan a chance to surrender before they made the decision to drop the bomb. Those against the decision claimed Japan was ready to surrender and the bombing was unnecessary.

Japanese men had a unique way of fighting. Their soldiers were demanded to kill at least 10 Americans before they died. But the thing was the Japanese men weren’t afraid of dying so it made the war harder to win when you have an enemy whom is not afraid to die. The Japanese also fought in camouflage places. Such as caves, trees and concrete bunchers

World War II Was one of the largest wars in the world, and because of this there were many controversies to do with the war. One of these was whether or not it was right to use bombs.

Simon Engdahl Mr. Joseph Kegler History 21 February 2016 Was the US Justified in dropping the atomic bomb? The decision of dropping of the atomic bombs were not easy, in fact it was probably the hardest decision an American president has ever mad, but it was the right thing to do. America was a peaceful country which proffered diplomacy before war, a country that experienced an unprovoked attack by Japan.

The justification for why the United States dropped the bomb was because they wanted to completely destroy Japan’s power. They wanted full control over the war and wanted to strip Japan of everything they had such as, “their docks, their factories and their communications”. With the atomic bomb the US achieved this. The atomic bomb provided a significant amount of power for the US. It set a precedent for what the US is capable of and the fact that this type of bomb was only used once shows the fear associated with it. It created a bad image for the US and they are now looked down upon because of their decision to use this bomb. The United States should not have used the atomic bomb on Japan because it went against all that they stood for

In August of 1945 the U.S used a massive atomic bomb against the people of Hiroshima, Japan. The atomic bomb that was used was identical to the equivalent of 20,000 rounds of TNT (Rosenburg, 2015). As you can imagine the bomb caused massive destruction and ended with the deaths of many people. It wiped out the city of Hiroshima, flattening it and ruining many of the things that once resided there. At that time, the Japanese were trying to cope with the loss of many family members and the loss of their beautiful city. All felt lost especially when the U.S. came back with another bomb that this time struck on the city of Nagasaki. The reason for the atomic bomb was to hopefully end the war between the U.S. and the Japanese. Soon after

Declaring war is one thing. Even bombing a city, is another. But is completely out of range to endanger the lives of innocent people, and of future children. And that is exactly what America did with the atomic bomb. Needless to say, it was completely unjust for America to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. First of all, millions of innocent Japanese were killed, but also millions of children, present and future. Japan’s take on Hawaii was un-humane, but japan focused on the military, and wasn’t bombing innocent people for no reason, and endangering the lives of future children. Once the atomic bomb was dropped, radiation spread throughout the country, and once Japanese citizens’ lungs even took a whiff of the nuclear gas, their lives were done

Life in the ghettos was unbearable at times many people didn’t live a long time in ghettos. Diseases were going around and there was no treatment for it. Most people were getting shot down in streets as target practice because the Nazi soldiers didn’t have a lot to do but ride around and shoot Jews. Majority of the ghettos were set up to segregate Jews from the rest of the population, they use to starve the Jews the most food they would get is one meal a day. Jews as they stayed in the ghetto life was constant fear of the Nazi’s. The Nazi process of building the ghettos was becoming a success they were killing a lot of Jews they didn’t want anybody to see what they were doing the Jews so they put them in a concentrated area.

During World War 2, the United States was neutral until, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The United States then went to war against Japan with a pacific campaign. Over a span of 4 years, the United States tested and developed new weapons to fight the Japanese. Everyone wanted the war to end, so the United States decided to use an atomic bomb on 2 Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Americans hoped that the dropping of the bombs would make Japan surrender, and they did.

fighting a three front war: one front in the Pacific, one front in Europe, and