Surrender of Japan

the war against Japan or if there were other means available to accomplish the same objective. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey looked over several documents, talked to Japanese civilians and military leaders after Japan had surrendered. They concluded the bombing was unnecessary to win the war, stating, “ Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts, and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is the Survey's opinion that…. Japan would have…

dropping the bombs, I adamantly suggest you do not drop the bomb for two very pressing reasons; first being that innocent Japanese people and American war prisoners would be saved and secondly, the war would have inevitably ended if the treaty with Japan was negotiable. Roughly 150,000 Japanese lives were ended when the two bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of them being innocent civilians and American war prisoners. Although they were said to be aimed at military targets, many…

challenges the USA needed to complete in order to bring a formidable conclusion to WW2, through reaping the benefits of the Atomic Bomb. Militarily, the atomic bomb was purposed to create a psychological effect, avoid the massive American invasion of Japan,(codenamed Operation Downfall). Alternative strategy…

President Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb over the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. This decision was made because the Emperors of Japan, Hirohito refused to surrender amidst the growing fear of a full on invasion. The decision was made to make the Empire Of Japan surrender and to end the Second World War. This was the first ever time in the…

done. At this point, the war had been going on for a while and everyone was ready for it to be over, Leslie Groves stated “...I was ready to do whatever it took to win the war” (Sheinkin, 116). We did whatever we could to end the fighting between Japan and without the dropping of the bomb then who know how long it may have lasted or what the outcome could have been. Sheinkin does a good job supporting his information toward the atomic bomb and the ongoing decisions with the drop on Hiroshima. “I…

Largely, it has been suggested that there were better, alternate way of defeating Japan without the use of Little Boy and Fat Man. Suggestions of such include allowing Japan to keep their emperor, waiting for Russia to invade and take over, or defeating Japan through a land invasion. First and Foremost, Why not keep let Japan keep their emperor? It was clear through how the emperor was only willing to surrender after the dropping of the bombs that he didn’t care as much about his people. Tokyo…

Society and historians have a variety of theories and an opinion to why atomic weapons were used. One explanation is Truman’s the bombs were used as an alternative to an invasion on Japan soil. An attack overseas attack would cost even more American lives. Another explanation is based on military approach and Truman’s desire for a speedy American victory. The longer the war, the more lives of Americans lost. Some theorize that the bombs were used to intimidate the Soviet Union at an attempt to…

drop them. One of the reasons the bombs should have been dropped is the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The United States and Japan were at peace until Japan bombed a military base in Hawaii and afterward, president Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan. In his well-known infamy speech, FDR stated, “I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire.”…

describes the sordid tale of the USS Indianapolis. On July 30, 1945,the Indy was on a voyage to deliver and unknown shipment (later discovered to be the Atomic bomb) that could help win the war against the Japan. This war was particularly hard to win because Japanese soldiers were known not to surrender under any circumstances. After the bomb had been delivered to a secret destination, the Indy was attacked on the Petite route to another base. The USS Indy’s Captain(Charles McVay)and its crew…

“In 1912, 3,020 trees were sent from Yokohama to Washington, D.C., as a gift from the people of Japan to the people of the United States” (Takeda). The Japan's give the cherry blossom to America back hundreds of years ago. It symbolises the piece between Japan and America after the World War II. In January 1910, “the Japanese sent more than 2,000 young trees to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of the growing friendship between the two nations”(Howell). They had fallen prey to…