Was the United States justified in using Atomic Bombs against Japan in 1945? (Blog due on Sun @ 2:30)

As nations struggled to rebuild their infrastructure after the Great Depression, terror appeared in the midst of the horizon. The ideas of fascism and totalitarianism and the signage of the treaty of Versailles had begun to cause panic among the citizens of Europe and its belligerents. Such dictators as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini showed off their political majesty to reach their imperialistic goals. Among the many influences of World War II, nationalism played a bigger part than all the rest. As such leaders as Hitler used their spectacular oratorical skills to arouse their citizens, their countries’ production doubled two-fold. As in World War I, the United States of America attempted to uphold a position of neutrality, but in some cases aggression is the only route to true victory. The Japanese were causing great disturbances in Asia. As they achieved their first imperialistic goals, capturing the province of Manchuria in 1931, the Japanese even established a “pet government” in Manchuria, which completely outraged their cronies in the League of Nations. The United States had seen what the Japanese were really capable of by witnessing a violation in the open Door Policy, but believed the battle in the Eastern Hemisphere, should stay in the Eastern Hemisphere. It was not until the sinking of the Panay in 1937 and bombing of Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 were the United States of America forced to make a decision. The United States was justified in using the atomic bombs against Japan in 1945 in order to end of war, ceasing the Japanese code of honor, flaunt their nuclear power, and to avenge their fallen brethren during Pearl Harbor.




There was quiet among the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki until an enormous echo embraced the cities as they were engulfed in a mushroom-like cloud that resounded in ultimate annihilation. After Hitler’s occupation of Poland after disobeying the Munich Pact, World War II was under way. About a decade later the Americas were in an all out battle with the Pacific. The Allied Powers were to meet in a conference in August of 1945 to discuss how the war would be handled after the deaths of FDR and Churchill. In the Potsdam Conference, the allies forced surrenders among the Japanese people. They had complete jurisdiction to undertake any militaristic measure after they attempted a truce with the people of Japan. With the Japanese becoming a grand imperialistic power, the United States had no other choice but to end the war with the Pacific as quickly as possible. A think tank including indirectly the great minds of both Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi were constructing the greatest weapon ever created, on the face of the Earth. President Truman’s duty as president during wartime is not to save enemy lives but to end them, in order to end a war.




Yes, the Japanese had a both weak and feeble military, but they had no one to blame but themselves. Having weak military “secret” military codes, compared to the Americans made it extremely easy, to obtain hidden Japanese military strategies. They were just enlarging the hole in their political and militaristic blind spot with every step they took. In addition to their already weak wartime strategies, the Japanese were a proud people that believed in extreme nationalism and would do anything for their country. Japanese suicide pilots known as kamikazes in showcasing their hara-kiri for their emperor were decreasing the numbers of both American and Japanese pilots with every bomb-laden crash they endured. There may have been no other way in destroying the Japanese other than an atomic bomb when they were willing to do anything during wartime. Truman did what any great president would do; attempt to save any American lives, by any means




By the start of the World War II, the Germans and Russians had sought to have the early beginnings of nuclear technology. If America was to stay a world power during the mid-1900s, they had to make sure another war like World War II wouldn’t spark, leaving them un-prepared. The dropping of the atomic bomb can be seen as a means to stop the war, but can also be looked at as demonstrating their nuclear prowess. The dropping of the bomb produced a delay in the Americans destroying Hitler’s regimen did create future tensions between Russia and America, which can be seen as the beginning of the Cold War. The atomic bomb left many citizens of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki crippled financially and some physically-altered. With the Great Depression at a close, President Truman was looking to make sure many of the things that happened to Japan after the dropping of the bomb did not happen to the United States by a growing imperialistic nation such as Germany.




Pearl Harbor had awakened the American psyche and it was human nature at that point, to seek revenge. Pearl Harbor had witnessed the deaths of thousands and Truman saw the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as not only an opportunity to end the war but to seek revenge on the small imperialistic nation. The United States of America was justified in bombing the Japanese, as justified as the Japanese were in bombing Pearl Harbor. The bombing of Pearl Harbor had created an ultimatum geared toward the Axis Powers, there was a world power being un-sheathed and a nation was to be sacrificed in order to save another.




The United States of America was indeed justified in dropping an atomic bomb on Japan in order to increase global world relations. Domestic affairs were put aside as the Japanese military bombed one of America’s military bases in Hawaii. Foreign Policies were the main cause of World War II and would be a main cause in ending it. The United States of America had passed their first test in decision-making, in order to become the great world power it is today and in the process saved many of American lives because the Japanese would not easily surrender.