Pearl Harbor 5
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Navy willfully and deliberately attacked Pearl Harbor, and the Pacific War began. On August 6, 1945 the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, and marked the beginning of the end of the Pacific War. Ever since the end of the Pacific War, many people have asked the question. Should the United States have used the atomic bomb? The use of the atomic bomb was the most plausible alternative forced upon us by the Japanese. One alternative to the use of the atomic bomb would be a full-scale invasion of the Japanese main islands, "which would cost more lives than we, as a nation, were willing to spend" (Noble). Although, there have been arguments that this option would have worked, and with little casualties. Some Americans and Japanese contend that the army of Japan was on its last legs. That maybe true, but the fact that the army would no longer fight was false. The Japanese soldiers were fanatical, and to them the greatest honor was to die for Japan. This is evident in Japanese naval warfare. Kamikazes became a formidable threat in the last days of the naval war in the Pacific, showing the Japanese soldiers will to die for their country's cause. There are
Noble, Mike. "Dropping the Bomb" http://oasis.bellevue.k12.wa.us/sammamish/sstudies.dir/hist_docs.dir/atomicbombs.mn.html: 19 Nov. 1999: "United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Pacific War" 1 JULY. 1946: 15+: http://www.anesi.com/ussbs01.htm Others have stated that the entrance of the Russian army in the Pacific would be the push needed for the surrender of Japan. However, "Stalin was not a too dependable character. Stalin had been promising for months to enter the war against Japan, but still had made no such declaration by August 6, the day of the first bomb, used against Hiroshima" (Noble). Besides, the Russians had just finished fighting an exhaustive war against Germany. They lost much of their military strength, the soldiers were tired, and they would have to be transported half way around the world to be able to enter the fray. Therefore, it would have been doubtful that the Russians would be able to help very much. "Nevertheless, it seems clear that, even without the atomic bombing attacks, air supremacy over Japan could have exerted sufficient pressure to bring about unconditional surrender and obviate the need for invasion"(USSBS Summary Report, 26). This is one of the conclusions made in the United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Many people would read this statement and become outr
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