Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Is Unjustifiable World War II, with dramatic battles and operations, is one of the most memorable and horrifying events that took place between 1939-1945 and changed the power structure of the world. There were many shocking and unfortunate events during the war, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were two of them. It was so catastrophic that the people of Japan will never forget it. On August 6th, 1945 the United States of America used an enormous atomic bombing attack on Hiroshima. The attack destroyed the city of Hiroshima, and thousands of Japanese people were killed in this terrible event. Shortly after the Hiroshima attack on August 9th, the United States of America made another
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Japan was negotiating with the Soviet Union, but they were not prepared to do anything for the Japanese because they had a prior agreement with the President of the United States to invade Japan. As Hastings says, “Early on the morning of the 19th the Soviet commander on Shum¬shu received orders to hasten the island’s capture. Soon afterward, a Japanese delegation arrived at Russian head¬quarters to arrange surrender” (28). Absolutely there was no military reason to drop the bombs nor is the evidence to support that it is what led the Japanese surrender as opposed to the Russians. In addition, many Japanese knew that they were defeated. Thus, the majority of Japanese were willing to negotiate on the terms of surrender as Mr. Takahashi says, “there were many people in the peace faction, like Foreign Minister Togo and the Emperor himself. If Americans really had wanted to end the war early, they could have given the peace faction information about effects of the atomic bomb or about the prospective damage from an invasion” ("Hiroshima para 24). Therefore, neither American nor Soviet was ready for negotiation. Japanese hoped for such a deal, but the diplomatic chain of the time made it absolute clear that neither American nor the Soviet Union was willing to negotiate with
Japan was negotiating with the Soviet Union, but they were not prepared to do anything for the Japanese because they had a prior agreement with the President of the United States to invade Japan. As Hastings says, “Early on the morning of the 19th the Soviet commander on Shum¬shu received orders to hasten the island’s capture. Soon afterward, a Japanese delegation arrived at Russian head¬quarters to arrange surrender” (28). Absolutely there was no military reason to drop the bombs nor is the evidence to support that it is what led the Japanese surrender as opposed to the Russians. In addition, many Japanese knew that they were defeated. Thus, the majority of Japanese were willing to negotiate on the terms of surrender as Mr. Takahashi says, “there were many people in the peace faction, like Foreign Minister Togo and the Emperor himself. If Americans really had wanted to end the war early, they could have given the peace faction information about effects of the atomic bomb or about the prospective damage from an invasion” ("Hiroshima para 24). Therefore, neither American nor Soviet was ready for negotiation. Japanese hoped for such a deal, but the diplomatic chain of the time made it absolute clear that neither American nor the Soviet Union was willing to negotiate with