For six months, the United States had made use of intense fire-bombing of some 60 Japanese cities. Together, with the United Kingdom and China, the United States called for Japan to surrender in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945. The Japanese government ignored the request. By order of President Truman, the U.S. dropped the nuclear bomb "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945, followed by the detonation of the bomb, "Fat Man", over Nagasaki on August 9. These two events are the only active deployments of nuclear weapons in war to date.
Many people would believe that this event, which killed between 200k and 250k, was immoral and over-the-top. They thought that it was cruel to kill so many civilians and so little soldiers. So many people that were not involved. These people also believe that we should have either given a full-on frontal assault or that we should have waited them out. This, inevitably, would have ended with more causalities than lives saved. After the bombs were dropped, the Russians attacked Japan. This attack, was the final straw and knocked Japan off balance militarily. Emperor Hirohito signed the peace treaty and the war finally stopped. One aspect that might surprise some people is that even after these tragic attacks, the Japanese general didn't want to end the war and wanted to continue. Even if they would lose the war or be completely obliterated in the process.
My thoughts on this topic is that it was moral to a certain point. First, killing so many people was kind of cruel, but on the other hand was a long term war that, as experts have calculated, would end up killing more people than the solution used. Also, they attacked America first without declaring war or any other warning. They were ruthless towards us so I believe that the A-bombs were quick solutions the war. Although a strong, aggressive move, I think that The U.S.A. made the right choice.
Many people would believe that this event, which killed between 200k and 250k, was immoral and over-the-top. They thought that it was cruel to kill so many civilians and so little soldiers. So many people that were not involved. These people also believe that we should have either given a full-on frontal assault or that we should have waited them out. This, inevitably, would have ended with more causalities than lives saved. After the bombs were dropped, the Russians attacked Japan. This attack, was the final straw and knocked Japan off balance militarily. Emperor Hirohito signed the peace treaty and the war finally stopped. One aspect that might surprise some people is that even after these tragic attacks, the Japanese general didn't want to end the war and wanted to continue. Even if they would lose the war or be completely obliterated in the process.
My thoughts on this topic is that it was moral to a certain point. First, killing so many people was kind of cruel, but on the other hand was a long term war that, as experts have calculated, would end up killing more people than the solution used. Also, they attacked America first without declaring war or any other warning. They were ruthless towards us so I believe that the A-bombs were quick solutions the war. Although a strong, aggressive move, I think that The U.S.A. made the right choice.
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