War Argument Essay: Was Dropping the Atomic Bombs Justified?

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World War II was a war fought by almost all the countries on Earth. Though 71 countries participated, they were separated into the Axis powers and the Allied powers. Eventually, the Allies won the war after a span of 6 years, though one of the Axis powers refused to surrender to the Allies. That country would be Japan. Having Japan not surrendering yet had been a result that the Allies would not accept whatsoever. Consequently, the first bombing took place on August 6th, 1945 in Hiroshima which killed more than 100,000 people and wounding around 69,000 people. The second bombing took place on August 9th, 1945 in Nagasaki, killing more than 50,000 people and injuring around 25,000 people. These numbers are can be considered extremely large, especially considering civilians, it was not necessary to drop the atomic bombs nor was it justified. I highly doubt that the droppings of the atomic bombs even plays a role in Japan’s defeat. The date of which Japan surrendered was August 15th, 1945. That is 6 days from the dropping of the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. That is almost a week. In fact, the atomic bombings didn’t even do as much damage as other bomb raids done in other Japanese cities. Summation, the Japanese armed forces had a policy of never surrendering due to air attacks and the droppings are considered to be air attacks. No one in the Supreme War Direction Council in Japan committed to surrendering to the Allies after the first bomb was released regardless of the position of Emperor Hirohito. A much more likely reason why Japan surrendered would involve the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union declared war against Japan in August 8th, 1945, a bit before midnight. According to outside research about the Soviet Union involvement ... ... middle of paper ... ...ter all, those who were injured will have their life forever altered. For example, losing a leg or losing a hand or becoming blind. What will happen to the children who survived, but not their parents? The US is most definitely not suitable to play the role of God. Works Cited https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100315122258AAmIU3L http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-declare-war-on-japan-invade-manchuria http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=167 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders http://www.japanfocus.org/site/view/2501 http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/lesson_95_notes.htm http://warincontext.org/2013/05/31/stalin-not-the-bomb-made-japan-surrender-ending-ww2/ http://americaunjustified.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-was-america-unjustified.html http://www.cnduk.org/campaigns/global-abolition/hiroshima-a-nagasaki

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