The United States had been building this bomb for years and now since they were in the war fighting Japan and trying to stop them they believed this was the perfect time to use the Atomic bomb that they have built. This type of bomb had never been used before and they did not really know the exact power of it. In fairness to the Japanese the United States sent a letter stating that if they did not surrender then the United States would go to much more drastic measures. One thing we did not do that could be considered unjust was that we did not tell them that it was an Atomic bomb. If we wanted them to surrender why didn't we just say that we had an Atomic bomb and if you don't surrender we will drop it? Even if after that they did not surrender then it would be just to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.
Many people argue that the reason for dropping he bomb was to intimidate Russia. Russia was one of the United States allies but we were not on the best of terms with them and did not agree with them. Russia was also a large country and could take over China and Japan if we did not step in and stop the war. So was the bomb to intimidate Russia? or was it to stop the war more quickly and lessen the amount of deaths in the long run? Also by dropping the bomb and stopping the war it saved Japan from being taken over by Russia. There has not been an agreement on this question yet, but you can decide for you self if a) the bombing was just or unjust and b) the bombing was to stop the war or to intimidate Russia.
If you have any opinions or questions you can comment on this blog post and I will try and get back to you asap.
2 comments:
awesome blog! Conspiracy theories make history a little more accurate, the truth is probably all of the above. And that they bombed Japan to flex Teddy Roosevelt's 'big stick' on non anglo european nations.
Thanks for sharing this historic info! i never knew of this.
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