It showed that America was harsh and unyielding when it comes to warfare. Earlier in the war the Japanese had attacked Perl Harbor and when America bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki it reflected that America did not play around when it comes to the death of their citizens. Dropping the bombs stroke fear many of America’s enemies and boosted its reputation as a super power in the world. Ending the war brought America’s hero home and evoked more peace on a worldwide level. If the war wasn’t ended soldiers would continue to die on both sides and tensions would continue to rise until the war was out of control. It saved American lives which would otherwise have been lost in two D-Day-style land invasions of the main islands of the Japanese homeland. There is no doubt that a land invasion would have incurred extremely high casualties, for a variety of reasons. The atomic bomb lead to many deaths but also saved many people. It prevented the war from carrying on and gave America more power. Although it was barbaric to wipe out entire cities it was necessary to ending World War
It showed that America was harsh and unyielding when it comes to warfare. Earlier in the war the Japanese had attacked Perl Harbor and when America bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki it reflected that America did not play around when it comes to the death of their citizens. Dropping the bombs stroke fear many of America’s enemies and boosted its reputation as a super power in the world. Ending the war brought America’s hero home and evoked more peace on a worldwide level. If the war wasn’t ended soldiers would continue to die on both sides and tensions would continue to rise until the war was out of control. It saved American lives which would otherwise have been lost in two D-Day-style land invasions of the main islands of the Japanese homeland. There is no doubt that a land invasion would have incurred extremely high casualties, for a variety of reasons. The atomic bomb lead to many deaths but also saved many people. It prevented the war from carrying on and gave America more power. Although it was barbaric to wipe out entire cities it was necessary to ending World War