Hiroshima And Nagasaki Persuasive Essay

“Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the gun down” – Malcolm X. Sometime you should make people suffer because without suffering people will never learn from their mistakes. After Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 bringing an end to the European conflict, United States still had the major battle to win with Japan. In 7 December 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor killing more than 2400 soldiers and civilians. The trauma made by Japan attack was still fresh for Americans and there was not a chance America had let Japan win the war. The war became even more difficult to win as Japanese never gave up. They battled till their death. Americans soldiers invade the islands of Japan and most of the Japanese soldiers lost their life but they fought rather than giving up. Japan didn’t give up and America did not want more of their soldiers to lose their life. Therefore, it led to the decision to use the most
In my perspective America chose the right decision by dropping the bomb. But as a coin this topic has other side too which is equally important. America could have taken some other steps too such as to modify unconditional surrender and d allowing the Japanese to remain an imperial dynasty with an Emperor, the other alternative that could have been taken was to delay the bombing and the final alternative America could have take to win over Japan was by isolation, destroying their sea and air forces or by doing blockade. Even though these steps could have been taken it was not a right decision to do as the war would just be much bloodier. The one who served the war truly appreciated the decision and knew what it meant to be back alive from that brutal fight. Japanese started the fight so they should have also thought about the consequences. No more American should have been killed so ending the war was really