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The Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bomb

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World War 2 was coming to a close when the decision was made to drop the atomic bomb. The war was over in Europe, and almost over in Japan. There were justifications for the use the nuclear weapon, but they were for the most part either false or outweighed by the negatives. The US should not have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. The war with Japan was already coming to a close, making the atomic bomb drop pointless. Several factors were already in the process of ending the war. The most obvious one would have been to continue conventional bombings. Military analysts were convinced that the heavy air pressure over Japan would have be enough to make them surrender. Conventional weapons were pounding them, and making it very clear that resistance …show more content…

The bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still the only instances of nuclear weapons being used on humans, an irreproachable act alone. However, the fact that the bomb was used primarily on civilians, not military, makes it much worse. Especially considering that the people of Japan had no democratic rights to oppose a war with the US. The complete decimation of whole neighborhoods and families left deep holes in people’s lives. The bomb created profound mental and physical ailments for many Japanese. The radiation caused by the weapon left most survivors and anyone that came in contact with either site with terrible ailments such as mutilations to their bodies and cancer. These people were shunned by the public because they were believed to have a contractable disease. The guilt and trauma of survivors also lead many of them to suicide. To inflict this much pain on people is never justifiable. The US should not have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It was unnecessary. The war was set to end in other ways anyways. Because of this, the bombs only true purpose was to send a message to the Soviets. However, this was completely inhumane. The US put politics over the lives of civilians. And this was a move that ultimately failed anyway and led to the Cold War. The use of the atomic bomb was completely uncharacteristic for a country that puts such a high value on

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Also, a lot of people died in both the bombing of NAgasaki and Hiroshima. A chart shows that 135,000 people either died or were injured somehow, and at Nagasaki 64,000 people were killed or injured, proving that there is no way every single one of those people hurt were military. Therefore, the bomb was an awful solution to an almost solved

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Even though dropping the bomb on Japan was controversial it was the only way to end this war. Following, like what Justice Chamber said: “How to defeat an enemy that could not, would not admit defeat?”(Doc 3), Japan was different than any other country that US faced because Japan committed inhuman and selfless actions just to kill more US

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The United States and Japan fought in World War II during 1941 to 1945. Japan planned to expand their land and gain resources- which led them to invade China whom was an ally of the U.S. In result, the United States cut off the supply of oil to Japan. On December 7th 1941, Japan’s air force did a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor because that is where their military base is located.

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Most people know that the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan during World War Two. But what most people don’t know is why the United States decided to drop weapons of mass destruction on their enemies. America decided to develop and use atomic bombs during World War Two to save both American and Japanese lives, end the war, and to have a defense against Germany. One of the main reasons the United States decided to drop the atomic bombs was to save lives. While it may seem contradictory, by dropping the atomic bomb, the number of lives lost was minimized.

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Was America right to use atomic weapons against Japan? The dropping of the atomic bomb in Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was the end of WWII. However, there has been much conflict considering the use of the bomb. In this essay, I will discuss reasons from both sides of the argument and justify my opinion.

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Japan sacrificed tens of thousands of civilian lives just to prove supreme power between the soviet union and the United States. In conclusion, In my opinion, if I were to do something about the bombing of Japan is that if I were Japan I would have surrendered because as a president or leader of the country I must keep my country safe and protected. There were many pros and cons such as starvation or ending of wars. There were huge impacts on both cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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”The Japanese government may be searching for some opportunity which they could use as a medium of surrender. Doc 7)” The Japanese people worshiped their emperor like a god, and at the thought of him losing control made them not want to consider surrendering. They wanted to find a way out of the war without sacrificing Hirohito's control. “Our B-29s had destroyed most of the Japanese industries and, with the laying of mines, which prevented the arrival of incoming cargoes of critical items, had made it impossible for Japan to carry on a large-scale war (Doc 9)”

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Japan had to accept unconditional surrender; if they disagreed with that request, America would drop the bomb. What made the Japanese surrender was the retention of their emperor; anything else couldn’t have forced a Japanese surrender, including the attack of the atomic bomb. As Japan's Prime Minister Suzuki spelled out on June 9, 1945. “Should the Emperor system be abolished, they [the Japanese people] would lose all reason for existence…. [and have] no choice but to go on fighting to the last man” (Butow).

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Soon the U.S was attacked by Japan. The President then decided to drop the atomic bomb to end this war and quickly. The use of the atomic bomb on Japan was justified because it ended the war, was a better alternative than the others given, and helped save lives. The atomic bomb used on Japan was justified because it ended the war.

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Daniella Gat GlobalA 1 U.S actions during the Cold War were not justified. It has probably happened many times in life when you take actions and someone gets mad or doesn 't agree. Then you must come up with any reason possible to make it justified, but sometimes not everything can be justified. For example, a person murdering a random person they have never met before and do not know, can’t be justified. The actions that the U.S took during the Cold War are similar to this, as they weren’t always justified.

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The monstrosities caused many deaths, which could have all been avoided entirely. In the first bombing at Hiroshima, the explosion killed over 80,000 people and later killed several more thousand due to radiation exposure. During the second bombing at Nagasaki, over 40,000 innocent Japanese were killed (“Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”). And if the blast didn’t kill enough people, the radiaton exposure caused chronic illnesses, leukemia, and many other types of cancers. The energy stored in the bomb exploded, releasing massive amouts of heat from anywhere between 3,000 and 9,000 ℃, which incinerated anyone or anything caught in the blast.

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The dropping of the atomic bombs in World War II by the Americans on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a very important part of World War II. In fact the atomic bomb ended the war between America and Japan. But this was just one of the important events during World War II. The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, where the Japanese attacked U.S. soil and killed 2,403 people, was also a reason why the americans bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Some believe that the United States was right in the decision of dropping these bombs on Japan because of the attack on a U.S state while others believe that we should never have dropped the bombs.

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Theoretically of course, what if a country was to develop a weapon strong enough to completely disintegrate cities and all the people living in it? Coincidently, the United states discovered a bomb that did exactly that and ended up thrusting the world into a new era of weaponized technology towards the end of World War II. Countries from this point on became wary of opposing the United States, aware of the power they possessed, especially since the US had already used this weapon on Japan to end the war.

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President Harry Truman gave an executive order in 1945 to drop to atomic bombs in popular downtown cities in Japan. With the guidance of many scientists and political leaders President Truman made the extremely tough decision to drop the bombs. After listening to arguments from both sides President Truman came to the conclusion that dropping bombs would be the best thing to do for this war. It would also show that the United States had an extreme military power. Many American politicians were for the idea of dropping the bomb, because they believed that it was the only way to end the war and get Japan to surrender.

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The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki In an attempt to end World War II early, Harry Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to save thousands of American lives at any cost. It has been categorized as the current deadliest bomb at that time, bringing terror to everyone and killing about 220,000 people, most of them innocent in both cities combined. During the war, the U.S. had lost a few battles against Japan, also losing thousands of American lives. And if the U.S. wouldn’t have dropped that bomb who knows maybe thousands of more American lives could have been lost and god knows when World War II would end.

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