University:
Southern New Hampshire University
Course:
HIS 200 | Applied History
Academic year:

2020
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475

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1
Author:

Leilani Contreras

War Ends For this assignment you will write three well-developed paragraphs of at least five sentences each on the following: 1. What were the reasons the bomb should have been used on Japan? 2. What were the reasons the bomb should not have been used on Japan? 3. Should the atomic bomb have been used on Japan? Why or why not? Support your claim with evidence from the lesson. Response to #1 Japan had been given numerous chances to admit defeat and cease the war plus their defeat was inevitable. The Japanese were going to keep fighting until the end causing more casualties estimated to be as high as 200,000 just for the allies. And even after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and they were losing possession of their territory in China they still did not surrender. But when we finally dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki because of their unyielding resolve which finally forced the Japanese to surrender uncommittedly with ought more bloodshed. Henceforth the bomb should have been dropped. Response to #2 Firstly, it was thought that the Japanese would surrender sent the Soviets decided to join in the war. Another reason it was believed that the casualties would have been much less if we just pushed Japan to surrender a little more. It was also inhumane killing hundreds of thousands of people to get a country to surrender when they were already at their breaking point. Therefore, the bomb should not have been dropped. Response to #3 I believe the bomb should have been dropped. Partly due to how it saved hundreds of thousands of more lives according to FLVS” Some estimates predicted that the Allies might suffer as many as 200,000 casualties." But I also believed that we should have pushed and waited a little more because the odds Japan would surrender were high. So, I believe the prevented lives we saved outweigh the lives that were lost (not saying there is a value on someone's life” so I believe the bomb should have been dropped but with more chances to surrender so the Japanese would not have any justification on why they did not just surrender.