The Bomb that Saved Millions
The atomic bomb and it's use over the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is still a source of heated debate even over fifty years later. Many people on both sides -Japan and The United States- hold the belief that Truman's decision to drop the bomb was a mistake and that under no circumstances should such drastic measures be taken in war. What these people do not realize are the far more horrible alternatives than the destruction of just two cities: an invasion of mainland Japan where millions of more deaths would have occurred, Soviet aid resulting in the division of Japan into a communist nation and the destruction of their culture, the deaths of thousands of Allied prisoners of war held in Japan, and the threat of renewed hostilities from Japan not to mention the possibility of several more years of bloody conflict. Throughout the course of this paper all of these examples will be discussed, as well as why Truman's decision was the most humane and rational for all the nations involved, including Japan.Axis power in Europe was destroyed, Hitler and Mussolini were dead, their armies annihilated, their nation's in ruins, Japan however was not. Though weakened from a near four y
An American prisoner named Lester I. Truman wrote years later, "We estimated that if we should be forced to carry this [invasion] plan to its conclusion, the major fighting would not end until the latter part of 1946, at the earliest. American Civil War General Robert E. The atomic bomb was not dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to kill the most people it possibly could, it was dropped for the reason to stop the war. The death of so many is without a doubt a horror, however how many more lives would have been lost if the bomb had not have been used?The evidence is crystal clear. In his opinion, once a nation embarked upon war, it was obligated to go all out. It would have surely delayed Japan's recovery, with the Soviets policy of massive reparations, and the possibility of a resurgent Japan may have arisen. The utter destructiveness of war now blots out this alternative. How could the systematic invasion and destruction of Japan preserve their culture? The United States had to open up their eyes, the Japanese did not get the message until atomic weapons were used. The atomic bombs allowed the Americans to end the war by themselves, without any Soviet intervention, and because of that Japanese culture as well as the security of Japan's former foes was protected. They may have realized this after an invasion, or they may not have, it was far too big of risk to take, and far too many lives would be lost. Lee once said "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it. " When people argue that the use of the atomic bomb on Japan is ranked up with humanities greatest crimes of the century such as the Holocaust, they don't realize that the number of lives lost is far less then countless other acts of war which were committed on both sides.
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