To what extent were the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary to end World War II? Includes Bibliography and Footnotes (if you care to message me for them)

Very well done. I agree with you that it was unnecessary to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war. Moreover, thousands of people died for nothing.

I even think that it was done just to show to Soviet Union that the US have atomic bomb, the most powerful weapon of those times.

Great work and very well written

keep that way ;]

though i have not truly decided on the subject, various pieces of evidence point to the fact that the U.S. did indeed need to drop the bomb under uncertainty of Japanese surrender. Japan tried to conduct peace negotiations through the soviets, but the Soviets did not speak to the US or Britain. Also, Truman was losing men and morale through this war even though he was winning, the people had had enough. The bomb was an easy way to end the war without any US casualties and promoted the US as the greatest world power. Politics are cruel

Great research and information, but the bomb really did need to be dropped. the commitment or desire for winning or death in the japanese can be seen in the kamikaze attacks.

Unfortunately I no longer have the footnotes on my computer, please consult the bibliography.

Any one considering the Americans to be justified should read this ...

Weber, M. 'Why the Atomic Bombings Could Have Been Avoided: Was Hiroshima Necessary?' Institute for Historical Review <http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v16/v16n3p-4_Weber.html > [27 April 2003]

I just want to state again that the Japanese were looking for a way to end the war ... they were actively seeking a way to extradite themselves by seeking a conditional surrender. The condition placed on the surrender was that the Emperor was not to be tried as a war criminal. The reason America refused a conditional surrender is bound to the war politics of WWI and the need to find a scapegoat ... the loss of both Mussolini &amp; Hitler influenced this, &amp; it can be seen in the way that Tojo was held as a "prise" for the American SCAMP team! Ironically enough, the Emperor was not tried as a war criminal. Thus the use of the Bomb is all the more appalling.

In the end it's a much of a muchness, I could have equally argued either way on the subject but I found an article that really helped my argument if I went this way. If I had the time I could probably write an equally argumentative essay against.


Indeed politics are cruel ...


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Thanks for the comments.