Surrender of Japan

soldiers. As a result, Truman gave the Japanese a chance to surrender, but they turned it down, so Truman gave the command to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I support the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because Japan refused to an unconditional surrender, it would save many allied lives, it would establish U.S. as a dominant power, and end the war. The U.S. viewed the bombings as a necessity because Truman gave the Japanese a chance to surrender when he issued the Potsdam Declaration. In his message

On August 7, 1945 the headline of the front page of the New York Times read: First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan; Missile is Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT: Truman Warns Foe of a “Rain of Ruin.”1 Now the debate between historians on the question of whether Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb was correct or not had begun. There are critics and historians who say that Japan was already beat and that the war could have ended by negotiations. In their opinions because Germany had surrendered, the Imperial

During the war with Japan it was debated whether American troops should invade Japan or if the atomic bombs should be dropped. President Truman did not want to deploy American troops to invade Japan. President Truman and many others were concerned about Bushido. A code that the Japanese people fallowed, this warrior code was simple no surrender. If American troops had invaded Japan the American casualties would have been massive. Thus, President Truman wanting to save American lives decided to drop

Pearl Harbor, the US decided to march towards Japan. The pivotal battles of Midway, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa exhibited Japan’s unrelentless nationalism through the use of kamikazes and their bushido philosophy . Furthermore, this manifestation of imposed pride caused great fear for the Allies. President Truman felt that invading Japan would be a huge struggle, for Japan would do anything to protect their homeland. Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan, which were originally intended to be dropped

On the 9th of August, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing between 40 000 and 50 000 more people. The question is, was it necessary for the Unites States to drop the atomic bombs on Japan? In my opinion, the United States was justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. During the course of the Second World War, the United States suffered the loss of more than 418 000 lives, both military officials and civilians. This was one of the reasons why the United States wanted

Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan to end WWII You may be wondering what were the reasons that President Truman decided to use nuclear weapons against Japan to end World War Two well. I am going to explain what his reasoning’s were, what were the consequences for both sides the U.S. and Japan, and if it was worth it. Why did Truman decide to bomb the japan even though they were already to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and bombing with conventional weapons.

dropping the first one. Afterall, it was war, many good things came out of it, but at a high price. The bombs we dropped ended the war, it triggered Japan to surrender. Which gave us peace, the fear of the bomb brought peace because know one wanted to feel the wrath of the bomb. Supporters of the bombing believed that waiting for the Japanese to surrender would have cost many civilian lives. Millions of laborers working in harsh conditions under a forced mobilization were liberated when the

prevent a military government from being effective in those towns which the U.S. captured.” The real predicament involving the invasion of Japan was the fierce resistance expected during and after the assault. Because of such drastic Japanese resistance, it would not only be impractical, it would be senseless to launch an attempt to invade and occupy Japan. Thus, dropping the atomic bomb was a military necessity in order to prevent a disastrous and precarious land invasion. By avoiding a highly

him not to go further. Most people who believed that America decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan for military reasons. These reasons were that a quick end to the war meant that no land invasion of Japan would have to take place, which would eliminate costs and most crucially soldier's lives. I however, believe that Truman had different reasons for bombing Japan. One of the reasons is that America would take revenge on the Japanese for the bombing of Pearl Harbour

solution as dropping single highly destructive bombs on what Stimson (the secretary of war) named as “cities in Japan devoted exclusively to production” (p.287). The first alternative mentioned in the RTAP (page 273) was “continue and intensify the bombing and naval blockade of Japan”. The second option mentioned on the same page was to “wait for the Soviet Union to enter the war with Japan by attacking Manchuria” and the third option mentioned was to “allow the Japanese to retain their emperor with