Truman Made The Right Decision Of Dropping The Atomic Bomb

One reason Truman made the right decision of dropping the bomb was because Japan was resistant to give up the fight. In all honesty, we tried. We sent them a warning but, according to Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War “Suzuki rejected the Potsdam Ultimatum by announcing it was “unworthy of public notice”” (Stimson 49). The warning was used to warn Japan the consequences if they did not surrender. To our dismay, they rejected showing they were unwilling to stop fighting despite the warning we gave. They were going to fight with whatever they could until it was impossible for them to fight anymore, “every Japanese soldier, civilian, woman and child would fight to the death with whatever weapons they had, rifle, grenade, or bamboo spear”. Japan is a highly nationalist country and is willing to do anything for it. In Japan, “suicide is considered honorable” because they are honoring their emperor. If
Ultimately, “our common objective, throughout the war, to be the first to produce an atomic weapon and use it” (Stimson 41) If we would be the first nation to produce the atomic bomb, we would have that power over other nations. They would be hesitate to get in our way. The U.S., also, “lived in fear of being bombed” being the first to produce it eliminates that fear factor. Also, the bomb gave us control of the war. The bomb allowed us to “not only to defeat Japan but bully Russia into cooperation”(Stimson 41). It gave us the power to control other nations during the war. If this power fell into hand of any other nations such as Germany, the result could be terrifying. Not letting Germany beat us to having an atomic bomb because it is “vital that [the U.S.] should be the first to bring the atomic bomb to the battlefield” because of how dangerous Germany is. If Germany gained power of the atomic bomb, they could kill more people than the Holocaust already