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TAKE-HOME MIDTERM ESSAY The decision to drop the A-bomb was chosen for several reasons, first and foremost to end the war against Japan. This strategy was decided upon because Japan's war-fighting industries were highly concentrated in metropolitan areas, but weren't zoned away from residential areas, and those cities had a high proportion of flammable materials. Operation Downfall was the original plan which caused for a massive invasion of Japan by mostly US forces. The casualty estimates were between 1-3 million. This was unacceptable and of the 100 million people living in Japan, about 90-95 million would be a casualty due to the insanity of the peoples devotion to the Emporer. What came about in the Trinity Project was a way to end the way in the quickest possible way. But it was not only to end the war, another reason is elieved to have been to intimidate the Soviets so that they would vacate eastern Europe (which they didnt do). The US actions were justified and believe it or not, taken literally not a single civilian was killed in the bombings. Japan had declared that if the US invaded Japan they would face an army of 100 million which automatically drafted all of their citizens into their military. Now they were obviously mostly innocent people but you have break eggs to make omlets. A couple hundred thousand people died as a result of the bomb and radiation but again the estimates for the invasion were even worse. The dropping of the Atomic bomb, cruel as it may have been, was absolutely necessary. I think it was a wise long-range decision to drop the first atomic bomb. The decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was the correct decision for a number of reasons. It helped win the war in Japan and saved American lives, which is the United States government's first priority in the war. The bomb also set an example to other nations of the war of the devastation that is caused by these types of weapons. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan was necessary for the United States to end the war in Japan and move resources to finish the war in Europe.
The first reason is that dropping the atomic bomb was the correct option is because it prevented the loss of anymore American lives. The lives of the soldiers and of American citizens are the first responsibility of the United States government to protect and the lives of the citizens of other countries come after. While taking many Japanese lives, which was an unfortunate cost of the war, the atomic bomb saved thousands of American lives and made it so they were able to return to their families sooner. The casualties were great, but the atomic bomb achieved its goal in ending the war with Japan and also achieved the goal of saving the lives of the Americans who were fighting in Japan. The atomic bomb also allowed the US forces to focus solely on the war in Europe and to have the ability to end that war faster and end all conflict in Europe.
The atomic bomb was also important in the fact that it established America as a world force that is here to stay. It also displayed that America is willing to take measures to ensure that it's way of life and its people are protected from any and all threaten it. The dropping of the atomic bomb also made the likelihood of atomic or nuclear war less likely because now the whole world knows the extent of damage and devastation that can be produced by these weapons of mass destruction.