Atomic Bomb Dbq

WWII was the most destructive war that lead to millions of casualties. America had all the power in their hands because of one crucial weapon: the atomic bombs. Dropping the them on Japan was not an easy decision, however, if I were given the choice, I would have also decided to drop them for three main reasons; to shorten and bring an end to the war without many more U.S. casualties, ironically save Japanese’s lives, and in retaliation for everything terrible that they have done.

In order to shorten the time of the war, we had to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. If we hadn’t done so the probability is higher that the war would have been fought to the death because of Japan’s kamikaze beliefs. A Japanese Professor stated, "If the military had its way, we would have fought until all 80 million Japanese were dead”. This demonstrates that there is no doubt that Japan would have kept fighting which would also lead to more deaths for the U.S. men fighting. Dropping the atomic bombs shortened the

war and also saved millions of casualties.

In addition, the dropping of the atomic bombs would not only save more lives for the U.S., but also for the Japanese.

This may be surprising to think of the such, however, the Japanese professor stated this in the same quote before, "If the military had its way, we would have fought until all 80 million Japanese were dead. Only the atomic bomb saved me. Not me alone, but many Japanese, ironically speaking, we were saved by the atomic bomb". This man's thinking was if it wasn’t for the atomic bomb that struck us, the entire military would be dead and no chance of surviving. The atomic bomb did kill 70,000 Japanese instantly and an additional 100,000 throughout later years from burns and exposure to radiation, but in the end it gave people hope and a chance to survive now that Japan surrendered and the fighting was over. Dropping the bombs meant less casualties for the U.S. men but more importantly, it gave the Japanese a chance of survival because the war was now

over.

Finally, after all of the negative actions that Japan has done to us and around the world dropping the atomic bombs would be in retaliation. The Japanese are not necessarily the nicest people; some things they did were murdering hundreds and thousands of unarmed civilians, made women as sexual slaves, torture and execute their prisoners, and worst of all attack the Pearl Harbor. President Truman even said on a radio broadcast to the nation about Hiroshima, “The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid many fold.”

Like some people say, “An eye for an eye” is what we would be doing to Japan when we dropped the bombs in retaliation for their actions.
In the end, I think it was a smart choice to bomb Japan when we did because doing so shortened the most destructive war while also preventing casualties, unexpectedly saving lives, and would be payback to Japan. Even though my first thought about bombing Japan was a no, after researching and finding out details about Japan I realised there are more benefits in the long run. In conclusion, if I have the choice whether to drop the atomic bombs on Japan or not, I would have decided to drop them because of positive attributes that it would give.