The Pros And Cons Of Pearl Harbor Attack

A terrible tragedy occurred on December 7, 1941, Japanese planes pounced on a naval base in Hawaii near Pearl Harbor. The attack lasted only two hours, but the results were tragic. Huge battleships were at the bottom of the ocean, more than 2,000 American soldiers dead, and 1,000 wounded soldiers. The U.S didn’t sit on their ass, they declared war on Japan for their unexpected barrage. FDR was the U.S current president and he was hiding an atomic bomb that could ruin Japan and it was going to be released. I am pro with the atomic bomb being used because there were numerous occasions when the U.S warned Japan that they were going to drop if they didn’t surrender, but pride covered the Japanese and they refused to give up. Japan was very cocky, they believed that only using brute force was going to make them rule the world.They were wrong. Since Japan was part of the Axis power and the U.S was part of the Allies, the U.S decided to cut off trade with them. This infuriated the Japanese leading into a cheap sneak attack. They could’ve resolved the problem in a different way, but the first thing they had in mind was war. In the text it states, “Japanese naval command.... begin with the most devastating attack possible against the United States…”(edsitement) This text shows that Japan was the one who started everything. They deserved it because they
In the text it states, “amateur historians out there have concluded that indeed, we did warn the Japanese.” (Restricted Data). This shows that the U.S did warn the Japanese, but still decided to ignore our warning. On the 6th of August, 1945, Japan received the powerful blow of the nuclear bomb, little boy. They got what they asked