On August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese
city of Hiroshima. The Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Tibbetts, was
chosen to make the mission. The mission was recorded as successful by
Capt. William S. Parson at 9:20 A.M. This was an extremely
controversial military strategy in the United States. Was the United
States justified in the dropping of the atomic bomb? Yes, they were
justified for many reasons. The primary reason was, that it would stop
the war. Why is it that this war needed to be stopped so badly? Even
though in some ways it was helping our economy, it was very costly in
both money and lives. Also, the United States soldiers were undergoing
harsh treatment by the unmerciful Japanese. Another reason the war
needed to be stopped was to defend ourselves from another attack on
U.S. soil, which in turn would kill many of our U.S.
citizens. This is
why the war needed to be stopped; thus, justifying the use of the
atomic bomb. World War II was the costliest war in history, in terms
of lives lost. No exact figures exist, but approximately between 15
and 20 million military personnel were killed. Of these, 292,000 were
Americans and 6,000 innocent United States citizens were murdered by
our enemies. It has been estimated that if the United States had not
dropped the bomb and had invaded Japan instead, the United States
would have lost about a million soldiers. The Japanese suicidal
fighting strategies greatly effected this number. The Japanese would
rather die than surrender. This is demonstrated by the battle of
Saipan. At this battle over half of the population of Saipan walked
off a cliff instead of surrendering to the United States. This was
often very effective. Many times when a Japanese...
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Nice paper, but refrain from using words like 'good', 'nice', 'bad', etc. in your papers.
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