What Was The Ongoing Battle At Midway
The ongoing battle on the Asian front left the president of the United States with limiting choices in the resolution of this conflict. The battle at Midway was the beginning of the end for Japan and was also considered “payback” for the events at Pearl Harbor. At Pearl Harbor, nearly the entire U.S. fleet in the Pacific was lost from the bombs dropped from the Japanese. This led to the U.S. declaring war on Japan. As the U.S. were closing in, the attack on Iwo Jima and Okinawa showed the resilience and honor that the Japanese troops upheld. This was the last effort of Japan. The Allies considered an invasion of Japan from that point, would become a desperate struggle. President Truman felt the only way to avoid any invasion, was to use
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Even though many innocent lives were lost, the atomic bomb was justifiable to use in this case. More lives could have been lost if the U.S. would have invaded Japan. More specifically, the bomb saved Japanese lives. From the battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, we saw how extreme they were. If we were to take the mainland, we could have wiped out the entire nation, which is surplus compared to the lives lost from the bomb. So as you can see, the bomb ironically saved more innocent lives as the Japanese were very resilient and would not go down without a fight. Even the first bomb was not enough to convince Emperor Hirohito. It was also necessary to shorten the war. We knew they were not going to surrender without a tussle, so the only thing that was going to catch the attention of the Emperor, was the bomb. President Truman knew this when he made the decision to release the bombs. It also proved to work as it made Japan surrender way quicker than it probably would have, without the influence of the bomb. Finally, the Japanese were given a warning prior to the bombing. They were taking over islands and blowing up U.S. naval bases and the U.S. exploded by issuing an ultimatum to the Emperor. And the Emperor blew it off, which caused the U.S. to act upon their warning to blow them up. Once again, we
Even though many innocent lives were lost, the atomic bomb was justifiable to use in this case. More lives could have been lost if the U.S. would have invaded Japan. More specifically, the bomb saved Japanese lives. From the battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, we saw how extreme they were. If we were to take the mainland, we could have wiped out the entire nation, which is surplus compared to the lives lost from the bomb. So as you can see, the bomb ironically saved more innocent lives as the Japanese were very resilient and would not go down without a fight. Even the first bomb was not enough to convince Emperor Hirohito. It was also necessary to shorten the war. We knew they were not going to surrender without a tussle, so the only thing that was going to catch the attention of the Emperor, was the bomb. President Truman knew this when he made the decision to release the bombs. It also proved to work as it made Japan surrender way quicker than it probably would have, without the influence of the bomb. Finally, the Japanese were given a warning prior to the bombing. They were taking over islands and blowing up U.S. naval bases and the U.S. exploded by issuing an ultimatum to the Emperor. And the Emperor blew it off, which caused the U.S. to act upon their warning to blow them up. Once again, we