It is universal knowledge that on August 6th, and August 9th of 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on Japan by the United States military. Whether or not this act was justifiable is not so globally agreed upon, and has been under debate for years since the incident. Whether the weapons of mass destruction were honestly believed to be saving thousands of lives, or whether they were used as political stimulants for the up and coming cold war with Russia, no one will ever know.
President Truman gave the order to drop the bomb because he believed that he had to do so. He felt obligated to maintain the reaching for an ÃÂunconditional surrenderÃÂ from the Japanese, and therefore did not see any other methods of getting the Japanese to surrender over a longer period of time suitable. Prior to the Potsdam conference, Secretary of State Hull advised ÃÂthat ÃÂterrible political repercussions would follow in the U.S.ÃÂ
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Russiaif the unconditional surrender principle would be abandonedÃÂ (Zinn 18). Although some were willing to achieve surrender through other means, such as the Russion Red Army declaring war, and invading Japan, the United States also wanted to keep Russia out of the war in Asia. So far the United States had been involved in World War II on almost every front, including west and east Europe, and the Pacific. On a tangent, the United States was dead set on preventing communism to enter Asia, and they wanted to maintain a sense of control and security in the Pacific front. Therefore, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima just one day before Russia was set to declare war on Japan. The bombs are often describes as having been ÃÂa diplomatic weapon against the Soviet UnionÃÂ (Zinn 17). These many contributing factors leave...