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Atomic Bombing Persuasive Essay

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Sixty years after the atomic bombing, there are still many debates going on about justifying the use of atomic bombs which were dropped in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9. Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the centre for industry and armed forces, US officials considered that those two cities are important to capabilities of Japan’s military later in the war. The whole city was blown up, thousands of people got killed by the immediate effect of the bomb and radiation came out from the bomb. Nevertheless, using of atomic bomb was certainly necessary to everyone who was in colonies in Japan. It was inevitable to finish the war without massive death of innocent people.(Langley) A-bomb was necessary for ending the war and liberating Asia. …show more content…

These countries suffered by Japan’s inhumanness action during the Second World War. Most of women died, when they work as a comfort for women. Men died when they drafted and used as protector of Japanese army. Japan Killed thousands and thousands of innocent people in Asia to success their ultimate goal which is unification of Asia with the name of “Great Japan”. (Susan) In China, there was a horrible incident called Nanking Massacre, which was done by the Japanese. It bought 50,000 to 300,000 Chinese people to death which is almost same number of death occurred by atomic bombs. The death of Japanese people caused by the atomic bombs cannot be a reason why the US shouldn’t have used atomic bombs. Even though it was not a primary purpose of using atomic bomb, it saved people in countries under Japan’s control who were suffering and dying until Japan unconditionally

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