The Pros And Cons Of Atomic Bombs

When World War II first began in 1939, the United States was still suffering from crippling economic debt and lack of jobs for its citizens, though the average GDP had been growing by 9% each year. When Britain and France declared war, President Roosevelt decided to provide aid towards the allies and shift the manufacturing of weapons into high gear for both British and American Armies. With this shift came a steady decrease in unemployment that helped balance the U.S. economy. Our economy and confidence continued to steadily recover until the attack on Pearl Harbor, where in response the United States unanimously joined the war effort.

As the Japanese forces were considered the aggressors of the conflict by the Allies and Japanese veterans alike, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified. Their aggression previous to the bombing was demonstrated through the attack on Pearl Harbour, which led to America’s involvement in World War II. The attack was not one born out of vengeance and was not strategically logical, whereas there was a reason behind the bombing of Hiroshima, that reason being that the Japanese military would not agree to the clauses presented in the Potsdam Declaration. This declaration was given to the military officials as an invitation to surrender before the first bombing, providing ample time for them to make a decision to hopefully end the

The doubts about the U.S. decision in 1945 have been discussed, analyzed, and there are still many controversies. In August 1945, the U.S. decided to use both of its two atomic bombs on Japan to end the war between them during WWII. The atomic bomb has killed about 200,000 people in the Japanese community and brought destruction to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Even though the bomb had terminated the war by Japan surrendering, there were many who were against the action of using the bomb. The reason behind that perspective is that many innocent people have died, and Japan was near surrendering, so there was no need for a major event.

On account of many American lives taken from the surprise attack by the Japanese, the U.S. decided to take its revenge by slowing attacking and making its way to Japan’s Mainland.

During the time President Truman authorized the use of the most devastating weapon ever used against Japan in World War II, the United States was making preparations to seize the Japanese motherland. The defenses that the Japanese military were preparing had shown American strategists that there was still some fight left in a supposedly doomed enemy. High-ranking members of the military and civilians brought forth President Truman a variety of choices on how to force Japan to surrender. These choices included invading Japan, negotiating a peace settlement, bombing Japan through aerial warfare, and compressing the naval blockade. The atomic bomb would become an alternative once the bomb itself became operational.

Imagine the sudden loss of 70,000 lives: 70,000 futures obliterated, 70,000 bodies decimated, and 70,000 families grieving. That was the impact of the bombing of Hiroshima. Similar results happened at Nagasaki. The decision of whether or not the United States should have dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been heavily debated for decades. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima was not a military necessity because there were other options, it was ethically wrong, and the United States was already winning.

New legislatures passed during World War II helped end the Great Depression. David Emory Shi explains how the Economy Act, “allowed the president to cut government workers’ salaries, reduce payments to military veterans for non-service-connected

Starting all the way back to the end of WWI, Germany was furious they had lost the battle. Wanting to feel the glory of winning, they started the next war for revenge for their loss and power over the world. They joined up with Italy and Japan to create the Axis Powers, which connected to Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was one of the many reasons America decided to use the first atomic bombs on Japan, it destroyed the military base and led them to join the war. With two sides to the story, it’s hard to choose which way to lean, but that is why it's important to know that the decision to use the atomic bomb made by the American leaders was neither justified nor unjustified.

Federal spending increased from $9.4 billion in 1939 to $95.2 billion in 1945, and the gross national product more than doubled in that time. Massive wartime spending ended the Great Depression. In the 1930s most economists believed that the economy would fix itself if the government did not interfere. English economist John Maynard Keynes, on the other hand, argued that deficit spending - government spending of borrowed money - should be used to get a depressed economy moving again. Deficit spending during World War II instantly turned the economy around.

After all, Japan knew better than to retaliate against the United States after the attack on Hiroshima because they knew the United States would come after them again, seeking an act of worse revenge. The United States did the right thing on August 6, 1945, by bombing Hiroshima because Japan had first bombed Pearl Harbor. America's decision to drop the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the latter years of World War II was justified because, America had to deal with a suprise attack as well, the bombing saved more lives than it took, and it showed our strength to those who doubted us.

The Japanese army was fully determined to fight to death. The Japanese had mobilised a large number of troops and civilians to defend the home islands and they organised a national volunteer force that was known as the “Volunteer Fighting Corps”. It was estimated that a land invasion of Japan could have resulted in the deaths of between 500,000 to 1,000,000 Japanese civilians and soldiers. Additionally,the potential loss of lives from a land invasion of Japan would have also extended the war.

By dropping the Atomic bombs, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States was able to bring an end to the war very quickly which resulted in the prevention of further loss. However, on the other hand, there are strong arguments against the use of the atomic bomb. The victims of the bombing went through serious trauma, 370,000 Japanese civilians all shared similar psychological traits such as lingering fears, imbalances, and breakdowns. Some Japanese survivors walked through dead bodies to escape their houses.

The US decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 has generated much controversy over the years. Some argue that the bombing was necessary to end World War II, while others believed that more than 200,000 civilians died in vain. The use of this disastrous weapon caused a split in society which came down to the usage being necessary for the victory of the Allied Powers as well as stopping more Japanese crimes or a merciless crime that greatly injured an already kneeling, surrendering nation and caused mass innocent deaths. Due to previous Japanese actions, the dropping of the atomic bomb was justified and needed to be done to protect Americans and other countries oppressed by the Japanese.

Afterwards, the United States declared war on Japan, and joined allies against the axis powers. The United States’ use of the atomic bombs is justified because it saved American lives; Japan was given fair warning, and their aggressions towards the U.S. The atomic bombs on Japan saved many American lives. Document 15 reads: The entire population of Japan is

Soldiers had fought hard for America in WWII, had seen things that could not be unseen and now they were finally coming home with a victory. When they came back, the men that went to war needed jobs, housing, and some even still needed education. Being a soldier was their job full-time prior to the victory and now it was time to come back to work, however, many of the jobs were created from the war to help the war effort. This left some unemployed and the GI Bill supplied the veterans of the second World War with unemployment insurance. Although, researchers Larsen, McCarthy, Moulton, Page, and Patel (2015) describe one of the main purposes of the GI Bill as to provide the returning veterans with a paid education including books, supplies, and counseling that the veterans needed to complete and education.