of innocent people were killed! Another reason is that Japan was already exhausted and reportedly on the verge of surrendering‚ it was just the military government with a “fight to the death attitude”‚ not the general population. They created the kamikaze because they ran out of weapons‚ this was a desperate act. The last reason I can think of would be that the bombing alarmed the Soviet Union and let to an eventual nuclear arms race. If it isn’t obvious already‚ I think bombing Japan was what
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Dropping the Atomic Bomb is not necessary for many reasons such as the following. The Ground and Naval wars are progressing strongly and also Japan is already on defense. The ground war is doing very well and has worked for us so far so why not continue. Some may say that the mountainous region of Japan could lead to the death of many American soldiers but the Japanese soldiers would have many fatalities so it would even out instead of just killing many innocent Japanese. The Naval war was making
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didn’t do it. The journey was long to the planet of dark. Twenty-one and a half hours of space-line food and dread. I look back at the earth once more. I wish- “Here is your stop Mr. Smoke. Don’t trip on the way out‚ It’s a long fall‚” smeared the pilot. Those were the last words I’d ever here from a human being. “Mr. Sssmoke. Please follow me” the words echoed in
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On May 7th Germany had surrendered unconditionally but the war with Japan raged on in the pacific. The Americans were war weary. They had seen the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Kamikaze attacks‚ and horrible casualties in Okinawa and Iwo Jima. There had been reports on things like the Bataan death march. Newspaper photos had shown American POWs beheaded by Japanese soldiers. Ending the war and preventing further loss of life is all that mattered at this point. With the surrender of Germany at the beginning
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instantly (Michael 12). At 8:45 am even more Japanese torpedo planes and dive bombers attacked the harbor targeting repair yards and any other ships that the pilots saw. The attack was planned months before 7 December‚ the Japanese built a model of the actual harbor to help prepare for the attack and they practiced on it until each and every pilot knew exactly which target to hit and how to hit it and until
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conflict with Japan was one that struck fear into many Americans. The Japanese were notorious for their fierce‚ and sometimes brutal‚ fighting. One tactic of the Japanese was the use of Kamikaze attacks‚ in which the noses of airplanes would be replaced with explosive payloads and flown into battleships (Kamikaze Attacks). Despite these attacks‚ the United States managed to repel the Japanese‚ and eventually were prepared to invade Japan’s mainland. This action however‚ would result in the deaths
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1945‚ America dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima. The ethical debate on this topic may never be resolved‚ but one cannot possibly deny the negative effects. The Atomic bomb caused mass destruction‚ and it was a highly risky move to begin with. The Kamikaze raids were destructive‚ but not on the same scale as the as the atomic bomb. We have ended World War 2 ‚ but at what expense? Constantly fearing for the safety of our own country‚ as well as others? If a situation develops in which rival countries
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suicide‚ while previously criminally punishable‚ is no longer in most Western countries. It remains a criminal offense in many countries. In the 20th and 21st centuries‚ suicide in the form of self-immolation has been used as a medium of protest‚ and kamikaze and suicide bombings have been used as a
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the atomic bombs was at the most 20‚000 and some estimates put the number of lives saved lower at maybe hundreds or tens. This is because the Japanese military in August 1945 was very weak due to the fact it had a minimal air force reduced to using kamikaze attacks to destroy US ships and an army which would use suicide ‘bonsai’ tactics against ground troops. Though many Americans were killed as a result of the suicide tactics‚ it showed the desperation of the Japanese army in
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