The Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bomb

The direct cause of the ending of World War II was the decision, made by President Truman, to drop the atomic bombs in the cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The nuclear weapon killed a numerous amount of faultless people, estimated to be 70,000 residents in Hiroshima alone. Throughout the course of making the atomic bomb, there were even mixed feelings coming from the sides of the scientists as well as the military. The idea of the atomic bomb came about when the United States wanted a method where the result will outcome in less innocent American casualties. This notion has now become a very controversial issue where there are arguments on both sides. The atomic bomb dropping was a clever decision from the perspective of political terms,

They had lost their allies, Germany and Italy due to the invasions by the Allies. Germany had surrendered by reason of the Allies invasion and their discovery of the concentration camps and extermination camps . Italy had surrendered in 1943 due to the recapturing of Sicily, which overthrew Mussolini from power. This left Japan to stand on its own for the attack of the atomic bomb, resulting in them becoming weaker than they already are. Additionally, before the bombing, Japan's military became defenseless by means of previous invasions and attacks such as Pearl Harbour. Most areas of their military were affected, including, air force and navy. Furthermore, Japan knew that the Soviet Union was planning to enter the war in the Pacific and the thought of fighting from the north and south seemed to bring the idea of surrendering, up even more . The American navy had already begun to blockade some areas of Japan before the bombing which restricted most of their area and confined them. Japan was willing to surrender and end World War II since they knew that they were inevitably going to lose which is why the atomic bomb was not

had other alternatives to retaliate with Japan in less destructive ways. The Americans made it seem as if the only two options were the bombing of Japan or invasion to make Japan surrender, which was a bad idea in their eyes since it would have created more American casualties . Another method that could have been used was to wait for what the Soviets were planning to do. At this point, the idea of the Soviet-Union joining the war to go against Japan had spread around. Therefore, if the Americans had waited to see if Japan was going to surrender due to the fact of having to fight against two groups of people, the Soviets, and Americans, it would have been a way of reduced casualties. Although, if this plan hadn't worked another method could have been easily brought up. Since the Americans had done tests on the atomic bomb, they could have been able to demonstrate it to the Japanese so that they could be convinced to surrender before they actually use it. The actual demonstration wouldn't have failed even if the technology was new since they had done tests beforehand. Consequently, the Japanese would have begun to fear the Americans for what types of weapons they could use on them to produce the thought of surrendering to them. Substitutions of the atomic bomb should have been present at the time, to make ways for less destruction the real atomic bomb had caused and one that would not kill thousands of