Analyzing the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On August 6th and 9th 1945, the United States dropped two bombs on Japan. Specifically, in the towns of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first bomb called “Little boy” dropped on Hiroshima and the second bomb called “Fat man” was dropped on Nagasaki. President Truman at the time had ordered the those bombings, during World War 2. They were the first times that atomic bombs were used. Now, many people till this day, argue upon whether is was the right or bad choice of bombing Japan. I believe the U.S made the right decision to proceed in bombing the two cities in Japan, for many reasons. To begin with, the U.S had problems with the Japan because they never seem to get weaker or it appeared that Japan would not have backed out of the war anytime soon. One of the main reasons that we dropped the bombs on Japan, is so that we could quickly

Japan had the spirit of fighting till death. At that rate, they would never have even thought about surrendering. Since we dropped the nuclear bombs on their land, they became frail and had to surrender due to mass destruction and casualties. According to washington post, it states “Japanese fought nearly to the last man on Iwo Jima, a month long battle in which almost 7,000 U.S. Marines were killed. They alter fought tenaciously until mid- JUne to hold Okinawa.” This explains in more detail how Japan never had any intentions of giving up and were willing to give it their all. Also, President Truman used to those bombs to stop further invasion from Japan that would also cause damage to the U.S. According to history extra.com, it states “Postponing the use of the atom bomb would only have prolonged the war and potentially created an even worse fate for the people of Japan, with an estimated five to 10 million Japanese