Mell What was the reason that the United States government gave for using the atomic bomb?
Official A-Bomb Justification: Save US Lives According to Truman and others in his administration, the use of the atomic bomb was intended to cut the war in the Pacific short, avoiding a U.S. invasion of Japan and saving hundreds of thousands of American lives.
What were the reasons the bomb should have been used in Japan?
The reason the bomb should have been used on japan is because of the attack on pearl harbor, the japanese cost the american forces many lives in the past. In the pacific war alone america lost almost 170,000 lives. With the soviet union being in the war it maded the rival side stronger.
What did the atomic bombs do to Japan?
The atom bombs achieved their desired effects by causing maximum devastation. Just six days after the Nagasaki bombing, the Emperor’s Gyokuon-hōsō speech was broadcast to the nation, detailing the Japanese surrender. The devastation caused by the bombs sped up the Japanese surrender, which was the best solution for all parties.
Why was the second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
As for the second bomb on Nagasaki, that was just as unnecessary as the first one. It was deemed to be needed, partly because it was a different design, and the military (and many civilian scientists) were keen to see if they both worked the same way.
Was the US right to drop the atomic bombs?
Should America have dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? This was a grave consequence taken seriously by the US. Ordering the deployment of the atomic bombs was an abhorrent act, but one they were certainly justified in doing. Roy: No, the US wasn’t justified.
Who is the historian of the atomic bomb?
Richard B Frank is a military historian whose books include Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (Random House, 1999). Once sympathetic to the argument that the atomic bomb was necessary, the more research I do, the more I am convinced it was one of the gravest war crimes the US has ever committed.