Dropping the Atomic Bomb

1. In 1945, Truman decided to drop nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There were various views on his decision, with some people thinking his decision was unjustified and others thinking it was justified. Japan was not going to surrender to the United States because they had too much going for them in World War II. Truman thought the only way to get them to surrender was to bomb them in a devastating manner in order to totally expunge their pride, power, and ambition. People who thought it was unjustified could argue that the bombs killed too many innocent Japanese people, and it destroyed too many homes, buildings, and important facilities. Although these seem like bad results of the bombings, the bombings did infact save many many lives. If the Japanese did not surrender and the bombs were not dropped, the war between Japan and the US would've possiby gone on for years and years more, causing MANY more deaths for both Japanese and Americans.

2. I think that Truman made the right decision in bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The first reason I think this is because Japan wasn't going to surrender, and I thought it was necessary to bomb them if it meant ending the war. Second, if this was the way to end the war, it would prevent many deaths since the war would've continued for quite a while longer. My last reason as to why I think he made the right decision was because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, by which I mean that since Japan bombed us and devastated us, then we should have the right to devastate them by bombing them and ending the war.