In 1945 during the high of World War II, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Many historians and government officials have argued that the atomic bombing was a War Crime or unjustifiable by any means. However, the world was at war thus, the United States were completely justifiable for dropping the atomic bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. There are three main reasons why dropping the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki justifiable first, it prevented a million American soldiers from losing their lives, and secondly, it causes Japan to quickly surrender, and lastly, it helped the Allies draw closer to the end of the war. Due to these reasons dropping the atomic bomb was worth it, beyond a reasonable
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The United States did not have to drop the atomic bomb since government officials were not for sure when testing would be complete of the atomic bomb. Thus, if plans for the atomic bomb did not fall through there were plans for a ground assault. At this moment the US wanted to even the playing field especially after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Government official’s mindset at the time was troubling, that “Japan’s has in fact been invariably consistent with the behavior of the troops in battle, then it means that Japanese dead and in effectives at the time of defeat will exceed the corresponding number for the Germans. In other words, we shall probably have to kill at least 5 to 10 million Japanese. This might cost us between 1.7 and 4 million casualties including 400,000 and 800,000 killed” (Giangreco, 2011 pg. XI). These rash numbers are due to the fact that Japan was beginning to figure out the US’s the reasons behind their tactical decisions, basically, they were beginning to understand how the US thinks. However, the US was also understanding that Japan wasn’t going down without a fight even when they had no supporters nearby to assist them. Due to this knowledge, the US plan was to basically overwhelm the Japanese’s forces their objective was to “leave the …show more content…
Since there were three major countries involved in the Axis’s powers Italy, Germany, and Japan. Italy surrenders in late 1943, due to the pressure of the Allies successful invasion of Sicily. Followed by Germanys who declared surrender [not to mention Hitler’s death] on May 7th, 1945. The fall of Hitler’s army with the combination of the earlier defeat of Italy put the allies in an excellent position to end the war because there was basically no one left with the axis powers, besides Japan. The defeat of Japan was a symbolic end to the second Great War because the was the last target of the Axis Powers. In addition, World War II has been going on for about 6 years, in that span of 6 years. During that 6-year time, span millions have perished due to the effects of living during wartimes. So many had died in that short span of time it’s nearly impossible to have accuracy idea of how many has died. “Some estimates start at about 50 million, others at 75 million. According to the "Chronicle of the World," more than 25 million military personnel and more than 33 million civilians died in World War II. Some estimates, such as the 6 million Jews who died in massacres, ghettos and concentration camps” (Spokane,
The United States did not have to drop the atomic bomb since government officials were not for sure when testing would be complete of the atomic bomb. Thus, if plans for the atomic bomb did not fall through there were plans for a ground assault. At this moment the US wanted to even the playing field especially after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Government official’s mindset at the time was troubling, that “Japan’s has in fact been invariably consistent with the behavior of the troops in battle, then it means that Japanese dead and in effectives at the time of defeat will exceed the corresponding number for the Germans. In other words, we shall probably have to kill at least 5 to 10 million Japanese. This might cost us between 1.7 and 4 million casualties including 400,000 and 800,000 killed” (Giangreco, 2011 pg. XI). These rash numbers are due to the fact that Japan was beginning to figure out the US’s the reasons behind their tactical decisions, basically, they were beginning to understand how the US thinks. However, the US was also understanding that Japan wasn’t going down without a fight even when they had no supporters nearby to assist them. Due to this knowledge, the US plan was to basically overwhelm the Japanese’s forces their objective was to “leave the …show more content…
Since there were three major countries involved in the Axis’s powers Italy, Germany, and Japan. Italy surrenders in late 1943, due to the pressure of the Allies successful invasion of Sicily. Followed by Germanys who declared surrender [not to mention Hitler’s death] on May 7th, 1945. The fall of Hitler’s army with the combination of the earlier defeat of Italy put the allies in an excellent position to end the war because there was basically no one left with the axis powers, besides Japan. The defeat of Japan was a symbolic end to the second Great War because the was the last target of the Axis Powers. In addition, World War II has been going on for about 6 years, in that span of 6 years. During that 6-year time, span millions have perished due to the effects of living during wartimes. So many had died in that short span of time it’s nearly impossible to have accuracy idea of how many has died. “Some estimates start at about 50 million, others at 75 million. According to the "Chronicle of the World," more than 25 million military personnel and more than 33 million civilians died in World War II. Some estimates, such as the 6 million Jews who died in massacres, ghettos and concentration camps” (Spokane,