Dropping the Bomb
Dropping the Bomb
Dropping “The Bomb”
Towards the end of WWII America was faced with a dilemma. The Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor using Kamikaze pilots and were showing no signs of regret for it or any signs of not continuing these kinds of attacks. Through these actions they were also showing the world that they had no fear or respect for the American people. With both the devastating effects of Pearl Harbor, the largest most deadliest attack ever on American soil, and the Japanese’s blatant disrespect for the U.S. on our hands president Harry Truman had no other choice but to drop an atomic bomb on Japan.
Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan did not just come out of the blue. We had tried to warn Japan numerous times before about the type of weapons we were capable of using and even tried to show them what the atomic bomb could do. Even after attempted peace talks with Japan they still refused to pull back. We also had tried other war tactics such as bombing them with regular bombs and even sending in ground troops to fight. Time after time Japan refused to cease fighting. If we had not chosen to drop the bomb on them then there is a good chance that we would have suffered a greater amount of loss of soldiers in continuing to fight.
As it was stated before, Japan knew the basic extent of our power and they still decided to attack us,