In August 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was it necessary to use the bombs to bring about the defeat of Japan?

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Michael Dickinson        11-1

28 April, 2007

In August 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was it necessary to use the bombs to bring about the defeat of Japan?

In this essay I will be writing about whether it was right to drop the atomic bombs “little boy” and “Fat Man” on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. These two bombs where dropped by the USA and an estimated 106,000 people died on the impact of the bomb, and by 1950 around 200,000 people had died overall by radiation sickness. The people of Japan had no warning. It was this event that ended WWII and it meant that the USA did not have to risk its army by invading Japan.

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There are many Reasons for the dropping of the atomic bombs, one of them is that it was said that it would save lives. This was based upon the theory that the Japanese would fight to the last man to protect the Emperor. Also if America invaded thousands of American lives would be lost. Also the Americans wanted to show their military superiority to the USSR as the USA could see the cold war coming. Also most Americans wanted revenge for Pearl Harbour. At Pearl Harbour most of the American fleet had been destroyed by the Japanese without a ...

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