Why The Atomic Bomb Was Necessary

After the defeat of Midway, the Japanese military completely lost the aerial dominance in the Pacific area. The US Navy were closing in on the Japanese islands in 1945. In the last few months of the Japanese Empire, the Japanese government mobilized all civilians into preparation for the prospects of home island invasion. Students were taught combat and survival skills, locations of the air-raid shelters were assigned, the public were facing unprecedented panic. Furthermore, The use of incendiary bombs by the US air force put so many Japanese cities on fire. According to the survivor, people were mostly burned alive by the fire, there was nowhere to hide; some people jumped into pools hoping the water will put out the flame, but the water was

In the article, “The Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb” by Robert James Maddox. Maddox speaks about the different perspectives of the war, and how the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima affected Japan and the United States. This selection is a good selection to read in American History because it doesn’t only explain American’s perspective, but the other countries’ perspective as well. In this time Japan was a massive and very strong country.

Bombing In World War II: A Necessary Evil     In the words of Franklin Roosevelt, “We seek peace-enduring peace. More than an end to the war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars” (521). The justification of bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been a hotly debated topic the decades since World War II. Not only did the war mark thousands of casualties, but it also marked the impending end of one a dark period in human history. After the Pearl Harbor attack, in which Japanese forces attacked the United States military base in Hawaii in December of 1941, subsequently leading to the United States entry into World War II.

President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was justified. He ended the war more than 2 years earlier. If he didn’t he would of had to keep fighting japan and many more casualties would have happened. The Japanese had many people in their army and If the United States had not dropped the bomb, it could have sustained many more casualties on both sides. It is easy now, after the event, to look back and say that Japan was already a beaten nation, and to ask what was the justification for the use of the atomic bomb to kill so many thousands of helpless Japanese in this inhumane way.

Japanese were fighting to defend the islands from the Americans while they were advancing in

Serving as a Language Intelligence Officer in Japan, Butow had a personal connection to the topic. Butow reviewed Japanese government documents to examine the topic from the political perspective in the country during the final months of the war. The author addresses the internal turmoil that splits Japan when moving towards the choice to surrender. Butow supports his argument by focusing on the militarists’ wishes to have one final battle; they hoped would produce an outcome “to negotiate a settlement on favorable terms.” Butow suggests that because of the militarists’ influence on the government this allowed them to stand in the way of Japan’s ability to surrender.

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked the US at its most vulnerable spot without warning. Pearl Harbor. That is the main reason the US entered World War II. If you think that the attack on Pearl Harbor was justified then you should think that the Atomic Bomb was justified. The Japanese called it upon themselves when they decided to attack us.

The Japanese fought tremendously

“The Atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky.” The reasons I think we should have dropped the bomb on Japan are as follows it saved lives, demonstrated lethality, created peace, and ended the war.

The bombing of Hiroshima is one of the most controversial, and debated events in history, that is still contested today. During World War ll (1939-1946) in the year 1941, December 7th, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, thus Japan declared war on the United States (U.S.). The Japanese were eager to take control of Asia, but the U.S wouldn’t allow it. Over a year prior to the bombing the U.S. imposed an embargo on aviation gasoline and scrap iron. Instead of backing down Japan invaded other countries such as Dutch East Indies, China, Malaysia and various other pacific countries/islands. Japanese needed oil, hence they invaded surrounding countries. As a result of Japan’s destructive actions, the U.S. decided to expand its embargo, extending it to iron, copper, tools, steel and many other critical metals. With the decision to stop the Japanese expansion, Franklin D. Roosevelt (U.S president at the time) issued an order freezing all Japanese assets in the United States. Soon after Britain and Dutch joined the oil embargo on Japan. While Allied forces in Europe were closing in on Germany, Allied forcing in the Pacific were closing in on Japan. In March 1945 the U.S. Air Force began a series of heavy bombing campaigns against major Japanese cities. On July 16th, 1945, the United States successfully tested the atomic bomb in New Mexico. The project conducted by America, Canada and Britain was code-named the Manhattan Project. The Potsdam declaration was issued on July 26th,

Numerous Japanese were extremely patriotic and would fight until the end, but after the detonations it became clear that there was no possible way of winning the war. (pg 498) Asada, Sadao Winning the war would be no easy feat if it were not for the devastating power of the bombs. In the end, it was about winning the war promptly that saved numerous

The atomic bomb was the result of times of war and its use in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was decided by the military that only had one objective: to end the war. The imperatives in times of war and in times of peace are different. The objective that the United States had was unthinkable today. Russia had considerable experience with what Nazi Germany represented. The United States had very little direct experience but knew what was happening in Russia and in the rest of Europe. They had it in mind; the military did not want to wait. They had a weapon and wanted to use it as their imperative to end the war.

While the allied forces finished off Germany the U.S. began to move their focus toward Japan. The Pacific war was now seeing the undivided attention of the United States. Virtually nonstop bombing claimed a number of civilian lives including non-Japanese people such as Korean and Chinese’s forced laborers, comfort women, and thousand of prisoners. Over 100 Japanese’s cities were firebombed leaving millions homeless in just one night. It was clear that Japans government had lied to its people about wartime success. Out of desperations Japans military

Since Japan is an island it made it a relatively easy target of a blockade by the United States. They could easily shut off trade routes. That meant that approximately 80 million Japanese civilians, many of whom were innocent would have died of starvation given that the conflict was prolonged.

Truman authorized the attack on Hiroshima. Hiroshima was picked as the first place to bomb because america believed that it would be the way to end the war faster. The U.S. military didn’t want to say that they could win the war without the bomb. These bombs caused 5 years of radiation and killing. In 2015 only 14% of Japan believed that the bomb was justified and 79% of Japan didn’t think that it was justified.