Atomic Bomb Justified Analysis

The atomic bomb was accredited with the end of World War II but that was not the only thing the atomic bomb should be recognized for. Many argue that the destruction caused by the atomic bomb was unjustifiable due to the sheer loss of life. But the use of the atomic bombs on Japan was justified as it shut the Soviet Union out of Japan and created nuclear deterrence that led to a relatively peaceful era.
The relations between the Soviet Union and the United States were troubled since the Soviet Union’s inception. Before the Soviets rose, the monarchical Russians were in power and entered World War I due to their alliance with Serbia and joined the Allied Powers. But their participation was cut short by a revolution caused by the popular unhappiness …show more content…
They invaded Manchuria one minute after the declaration of war and trapped the Japanese in Manchuria with a triple pincer move They surrounded the Japanese in order to ensure that the Japanese could not retreat back to Japan as it would cause invading Japan harder. The Soviets had planned the invasion of Japan, but were unable to commence as the Japanese surrendered before they had a chance to. But if they did, they were going to take Japan from the Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, while the United States would have come from the South. If the Japanese had not surrendered, the Soviets would have invaded and have taken a portion of Japan. That would have been problematic to the recovery of Japan after the war, since the Soviets and the United States would have both instituted their respective ideologies in their portion of Japan. This is similar to what happened to Berlin, the Soviets had one side, and the other democratic Allied powers had the other. The split between East and West Berlin was so extreme that the Soviets constructed a wall to reduce the amount of East Berlin citizens escaping into West Berlin, where condition were superior. Another example of this was on the Korean Peninsula. Even after the surrender of Japan, their forces in Manchuria continued to show resistance against the Soviets. Then in an agreement with the United States, they occupied …show more content…
While this minimized the probability of all out nuclear war, it provokes an arms race due to the country trying to have a first-strike capability. This means that if Country A attacks Country B with nuclear weapons, Country A is able to destroy enough resources and nuclear weapons to thwart retaliation, or a second strike. Due to this the Soviet Union and the United States were constantly in an arms race to gain first-strike capability. That method was one way of tackling the problem, the other was to improve their second strike capability. ICBMs kept safe in underground silos and submarine launched missiles improved second strike capability as it is harder to target and neutralize these targets, eliminating the guarantee of a first strike. When the world saw how much destruction was caused by a single atomic bomb, international politics were revolutionized. Wars could not be waged so easily since the threat of a nuclear strike too overwhelming. This thwarted any nuclear power from attacking another, which led to them fighting proxy wars with each other, unlike the major wars that had devastated the