Should The US Have Bombed Japan After Pearl Harbor
Should the US have bombed Japan after Pearl Harbor?
By Noah Richardson
Yes, Pearl Harbor was an act of war and we had every right to retaliate using whatever force necessary.
After being defeated and driven back to Japan, the Japanese military refused to surrender and the Japanese Emperor was encouraging his private citizens to protect their homeland from invasion. The rest of the world considered that the Japanese efforts t o take over the islands of the Pacific were unacceptable, especially since they had been so ruthless and deceitful. When Japan refused to surrender, even after severe bombing of the major cities, it was calculated that between 750,000 to 1,000,000 troops would lose their lives in an effort to invade Japan, and that
By Noah Richardson
Yes, Pearl Harbor was an act of war and we had every right to retaliate using whatever force necessary.
After being defeated and driven back to Japan, the Japanese military refused to surrender and the Japanese Emperor was encouraging his private citizens to protect their homeland from invasion. The rest of the world considered that the Japanese efforts t o take over the islands of the Pacific were unacceptable, especially since they had been so ruthless and deceitful. When Japan refused to surrender, even after severe bombing of the major cities, it was calculated that between 750,000 to 1,000,000 troops would lose their lives in an effort to invade Japan, and that