Japan was planning on surrender, before the bomb was dropped. One reason was, Japan was getting ready to negotiate a peace settlement, yet Truman still decided to drop the bomb. The U.S. saw they were going to surrender (they knew). The U.S. was able to set up spying devices, and were able to hear some of the plans Japan was negotiating. Moreover, Japan’s not the reason this war started, yet two of their cities were obliterated, and many civilians died for doing nothing. Even Japan knew they were losing, and their military was weak, and the U.S. saw that, except they still dropped the bomb. “Certainly...Japan would have surrendered, even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped.” (The United States Strategic Bombing) In addition, Japan got …show more content…
could have resulted to, instead of bombing, and sacrificing many civilians lives. “A demonstration explosion over Tokyo harbor would have convinced Japan’s leaders to quit without killing many people.” If a demonstration was arranged, perhaps through the Russians, it could have convinced Japan to surrender. The U.S. knew there were other options, yet they just didn’t want to result to them. If the U.S. did this alternative, not nearly as many people would have died. The U.S. had the time, and resources to arrange a demonstration, and they could have saved many harmless civilians. They didn’t think about all the lives they risked. The U.S. could have let Japan keep their emperor. Japan said that they would surrender, only if they were able to keep their emperor. We were planning on giving them their emperor, but we didn’t say anything.If the U.S. actually told Japan they were allowed to keep their emperor, japan would have surrendered, and the U.S. would have not had to drop the bomb. This one condition alone could have been enough to satisfy the American War Department’s conclusion that it was necessary to convince the Japanese that they would not be “annihilated” if they surrender. The U.S. could have waited for the Russians. If the U.S. waited for the U.S.S.R. the Japanese would have realized they stood no chance. A Soviet declaration of war on Japan would satisfy the first necessity. Then. the vast majority of Japanese might possibly