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Atomic Bombing Pros And Cons

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Opinion Atomic Bomb Paper - Unassisted The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski was a tragic day in Japan, killing millions of innocent women and children working old and young ages to help the Emperor and country. This was a day that will live in infamy for many Japanese citizens. In my opinion, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski was the worst decision America has made to terminate war. The U.S. had an original plan before the atomic bomb. It was to invade Tokyo and fire behind the opposing teams lines. This would have likely killed about 1% of citizens and 90% of soldiers, the ones who should have been our target. Even some generals didn’t agree with this decision, so did they. many people wanted to stick to the original plan, …show more content…

This bomb went 5 miles across both countries. It killed 100,00,000 people in Hiroshima and 70,000 in Nagasaki! Innocent lives were taken because they wanted to end the war. It was very unfortunate for Japan. The one superior to the citizens was Emperor Hirohito, so he made the plans and the Japanese citizens were rarely warned but to keep working. This kind of gave them a mindset that they were winning, but Japan was really on their last few straws of war. They clearly didn’t know they were about to lose the war and kept working, thinking they were gonna win. If there were any other way to end the war faster, it could have been done without hurting citizens. The U.S. could stick to the plan half would be in Tokyo and the other fighting behind enemy lines we would have more people fighting after invading Tokyo the people fighting on the pacific lines would be able to rest for a while. Japan would assume they had taken over the Pacific. Then we could bomb their military bases just like they did to us. The Japanese used these planes filled with gasoline to hit our planes. We could have used regular bombs on them and taught our citizens how to protect themselves when the Japanese attacked, but next level training would have made war life way

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Japan was probably even considering drawing up a treaty to end the war. According to many articles online, Japanese diplomats tried to talk to United States diplomats to try to negotiate end-of-war terms. All Japan wanted was to keep their emperor on the throne. The attacks on Japan by atomic weapons was a mass murder of innocent civilians. At least Japan attacked military personnel with only a little over two thousand casualties.

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The strategy of the war was to destroy the Japanese military by any means necessary. The total manpower of the US was more than the Japanese so bombing was not the only option. There was a costlier yet more humane way to do this that was not reliant on the atomic bomb. On the down side millions of lives just on the American side would be lost. Also, the longer the fighting the more likely communism was to spread and then the task would be more to handle than the US felt they could alone.

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The United Sates wanted to quickly gain Japan’s surrender to diminish US fatalities. It is believed that the US needed to use these bombs to gain American supremacy footnote 2. Shortly after the rain of brutality over Japan, Truman issued a statement, “If they do not

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Admiral Yamamoto’s drive destroy the American carrier capability was so fierce, it dominated the operational planning. The Naval General Staff should have transitioned to a defensive posture to consolidate their gains made thus far in the war. If Japan had reinforced and built up key positions on their new territory, it would require the US to fight much further east against a bunkered in enemy. Clausewitz argued that there were advantages to taking the defense, depending on who had the initiative. Japan’s war aim was to acquire regional control over the Pacific.

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Their resolution to the current situation was conducted on the basis of three main reasons: Japanese barbarism and resolve, ending the war in a swift manner, and making sure the Manhattan project did not go to waste. First off, it was obvious that Japan was on its way out as most of its allies had been either wiped out or conquered. Despite Japan appearing to be already beaten, Emperor Hirohito’s soldiers were too honorable for an unconditional surrender. As stated by Tom Nichols, on an article regarding the decision, “Japan was not preparing to surrender; it was preparing to fight to the death” (“No Other Choice”). This statement affirms the fact that even if the atomic bombs were not dropped, and a land invasion had taken place instead, the battle would not have been easily fought.

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The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the first and only time an atomic bomb was used. The bomb killed thousands of innocent Japanese civilians, and left few survivors. The Allies thought of using the bomb because it would instantly end the war, and it did, but at the cost of many innocent lives. The bomb was also used as a factor to demonstrate the power of the US, and was supposed to help push other countries out of several countries. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was unnecessary because it gave little benefit to the Allies and led to thousands of innocent lives lost.

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According to Document B, the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was against utilizing the bomb since he felt an economic blockade and conventional bombing could get the nation to back out. Although damage still would have occurred due to the conventional bombing, there would not have been such a large death toll and other severe effects. The United States could have also waited a little longer since, according to Document G, Japan was already on the verge of giving in. Therefore, the United States should have considered all their options before going through with such devastating

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It can be seen as a calculated decision with the goal of bringing a sudden end to the war. Through the deliverance of a devastating blow, the bombings were intended to shock Japanese leadership with the overwhelming military might possessed by the United States. The strategic approach aimed to minimize the loss of human life a prolonged war would bring, for both American and Japanese soldiers, including the innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. Considering the logical strategy behind the bombings, an argument can be made that it was ethically justifiable in the pursuit of a quick and decisive end to the

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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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"Yeah, like what? Me and all my buddies jumping in Tokyo, and the Allied forces going in, and all of us getting killed”(Doc 6). People will always question other's decisions when they have no clue what they were thinking at the moment. Nobody wants to have to jump out of an airplane say, and then get shot out of the sky or lit up on a beach, but they have to even though it’s not in THEIR best interest. The Japanese tried to capture Hawaii and which is part of America and got the Americans angry so dropping the bomb would have needed to be done as soon as possible.

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The President/ Government had to put aside the cons for the people of Japan and worry about the people of America. It was necessary and a justice thing to do to end any further conflict. This topic is important because depended on the future of America. Anything done differently could change the way America is today in an unexplainable way. This relates to future agreements between Japan and America like in their friendship as countries.

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The Japanese were so determined that they’d even give up their lives in order to fight for their country. To them it was the honorable thing to do, and they’d stop at nothing to never surrender. Proven by this quote from Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, “Japan, however, vowed to fight to the bitter end in the Pacific, despite clear indications (as early as 1944) that they had little chance of winning.” So the only thing for the Americans to do was to find a way to win the war against them without loosing many of their soldiers. America then decided to drop the bomb in order to make the Japanese stop, and so they targeted Hiroshima, which was a giant military

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As all the world has known, the biggest atomic bomb in warfare history by the end of World War 2 is the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima that hit on August 9th, 1945 by the direct order of our 33rd president of The United States Of America; Harry S. Truman. He thought this bomb would bring a close ending of the war (World War 2) and it definitely did but it was too much to handle afterwards when it hit. There was no choice for Truman because there was no other way to bring the war into a close. It was the last call, but they didn’t realize that after they released the bomb, it was hard to decide whether it was a mistake or the right decision. The bomb killed innocent people of 199,000 (plus more).

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