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Summary: Should The Atomic Bomb Put An End To WWII

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Should the Atomic Bomb Put an End to WWII?
One of the greatest battles of mankind was known as the Second World War. The war, which took place in the twentieth century, helped spark a new world where innovations in technology were made and many changes such as the stop of European colonialism, the civil rights movement in the US, the women’s rights movement, and the exploration of outer space were brought. It was the most violent war of all time with the amount of human lives lost estimated to be around fifty million. One of the nations involved was the United States, when they declared war on Japan and dropped two atomic bombs on Japan which eventually led to the end of the war, but has been a controversial issue ever since. There are people …show more content…

Although the base was the primary target of the Japanese, they ended killing more than 2,400 Americans and damaged 300 planes as well as eighteen ships including U.S.S. battleships. The Japanese government had been searching for way to help Japan’s economic and demographic problems and decided to expand its territory into Hawaii and benefit from it’s import market. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor was smart, because they planned to kill the Pacific Fleet so that Americans would not prevent them from expanding. No one could have imagined that Japan would attack the United States in such way for many reasons including that Japan and the US were separated by about four thousand miles of sea and another being that the officials in the US imagined they would get a glimpse of Japan wanting to go to war because they would invade Europe first. Because the government did not see an attack would come, they left the naval base in Hawaii nearly …show more content…

The ultimatum they would send to Japan would like a decision made by the Japanese government and would relieve tension on the United States. The government would tell Japan that if they denied stopping, then the Atomic Bomb would be

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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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On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes and submarines made an unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor. This bombing of the naval base located in Oahu, Hawaii climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan, and it marked the beginning of our direct involvement in World War II. So why would a nation smaller than California bomb one of the United States’ most valuable naval bases? While many factors could have influenced it, three in particular stand out. The U.S. oil embargo, Japan’s new world order, and U.S. fleet expansion all contributed to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

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The other argument was that the United States should not have bombed Japan. People believed this because the atomic bomb was considered by some to be a crime against humanity. Some citizens believe that the bomb should

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The attack happened in the island of Oahu, located near the center of the Pacific Ocean, it was about 2,000 miles from the United States and 4,000 miles from Japan. Hawaii was part of the U.S. during this time; they had no idea that Japan was planning to attack Pearl Harbor. To the Japanese, Pearl Harbor was an easy target, and the U.S. was not expecting it at all. Japan won, and destroyed nearly 20 American ships and around 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans were killed, and about 1,000 people were

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From that point on, it was a series of misstep after misstep that led Japan to the shores of Hawaii that December morning. Japan's money driven leaders blinded them from seeing the future impacts of their decisions. It was not entirely their fault, early action on the part of the United States would have made Pearl Harbor nothing more than a bad dream. It was foolish to even think that the U.S. could pass severe legislation against Japan and walk out unscathed. The fact of the matter is that Pearl Harbor was clearly a preventable occurrence.

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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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Japan attacked the US at 8:00 a.m. on December 7, 1941 because of the embargo, fear of the US Navy expansion, and Japan wanting expansion made the Japanese people afraid of the US and caused them to react. Documents today state facts of why these are the reasons that mainly caused Japan to attack Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was a US Naval Base and was the closest and easiest way to get close to the the states. In the first day that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor, more than 2,000 US soldiers and sailors had died and 1,000 were wounded. After the end of the first day President Franklin Roosevelt had talked to Congress and asked to declare war on Japan and 10 Naval Battleships had been sunk.

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In an attempt to get Japan to surrender to the Allies, in August 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the nation. The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and the second on Nagasaki. Although these bombs did contribute to Japan’s surrender and the end of the war, the use of this atomic weapon was an irrational and horrible decision. The United States should have abstained from using the two atomic bombs on Japan for the sake of civilian lives and possible alternatives to their decision. These bombs not only had detrimental effects on Japan, they also led to an arms race amongst several nations.

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The bombing of Pearl Harbor caused the United States to enter World War II, and ultimately led to success for the Allies. After the U.S. spent their time aiding both sides in the war with money and weapons, they had to pick a side once the Japanese bombed one of their naval bases in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was a naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. During the attack, there were 102 ships, of which 15 were minorly damaged, 11 were moderately damaged, and 7 ships were sunk. The Japanese felt threatened by the U.S. being present in the Pacific, even though they were around 4,000 miles away from each other.

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