The Benefits Of Atomic Bombing

World War II was a very controversial and drawn out war. Some people believe that the bombings were necessary to end WWII and there are many reasons as to why people believe this. World War II needed to come to an end and the only way to make that happen was to drop the atomic bombs. By doing this, there would be many benefits, but also some very harsh consequences. The atomic bombs were necessary to end the war because they allowed the US shut things down quickly, they assisted the US with showing it’s power, and it helped get justice for the soldiers that have already lost their lives fighting for their country.
The main reason the US felt the need to drop the atomic bomb was because it was crucial for them to end this war once and for all. The atomic bombs would immediately put an end to all the brutal fighting and save millions of US and Japanese soldiers’ lives who were fighting in the war. For example, a US World War II soldier, Paul Russell, believed that
When an individual has someone that they love or someone that they care for, they experience feelings of vengeance when this person passes away. This is exactly how the US felt at the time and there was no other way to get justice for their passed soldiers than to drop the atomic bombs. All the US desired to do was get revenge for the soldiers who have already died and end the war, so that the millions of young soldiers who survived could go home. “We used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save thousands and thousands of young Americans” (President Harry S. Truman, radio address to the American people August 1945). Japan had been very cruel to America and they would not put up with this brutality any longer. This dark and terrible war needed to end, and if there was no such thing as the atomic bomb, this wouldn’t have