Question

6 reasons why the u.s. should not have dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima And Nagasaki

Answer 1

1. Japan was ready to surrender, they were only reluctant because they wanted to keep their emperor.

2. The use of the bomb created tension between US-Soviet relations.

3. The Soviet Union had just joined the war, putting more pressure on Japan to surrender.

4. The bombs caused unnecessary suffering for decades.

5. The US didn't have to bomb the cities, they could've just demonstrated the bombs off the coast of big cities like Tokyo or Kyoto.

6. We had already demonstrated our ability to destroy cities by firebombing. <span />

Answer 2

The first bomb, dropped on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, resulted in a death toll of around 135,000. The second, which hit Nagasaki on 9 August, killed at least 50,000 people – according to some estimates, as many as 74,000 died.It was certainly a reasonable view for the USA to take, since they had suffered the loss of more than 418,000 lives, both military and civilian. To the top rank of the US military the 135,000 death toll was worth it to prevent the “many thousands of American troops [that] would be killed in invading Japan” – a view attributed to the president himself.the US wasn’t justified. Even secretary of war Henry Lewis Stimson was not sure the bombs were needed to reduce the need of an invasion: “Japan had no allies; its navy was almost destroyed; its islands were under a naval blockade; and its cities were undergoing concentrated air attacks.”The atom bombs achieved their desired effects by causing maximum devastation. Just six days after the Nagasaki bombing, the Emperor’s Gyokuon-hōsō speech was broadcast to the nation, detailing the Japanese surrender. The devastation caused by the bombs sped up the Japanese surrender, which was the best solution for all parties.