Sipping an iced green tea, mr takahashi responded to some of the arguments that americans often raise to justify the use of the atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki mr takahashi spoke with nicholas d kristof, tokyo bureau chief of the new york times, and his answers were translated by the. Seventy years ago—on august 6, 1945—the united states dropped a uranium gun-type fission bomb, the first atomic weapon ever used in warfare, on the japanese industrial city and military center hiroshima just three days later, on the morning of august 9, an american plutonium fusion bomb hit its. There were only 3 possibilities in the war: 1 avoid warring japan and start protracted discussions 2 capturing japan through conventional means 3 forcing japan to surrender with atom bomb 1 why not conventional weapons now, those of you w. Many reasons are given as to why the us administration decided to drop the atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki reasons almost 63% of the buildings in hiroshima were completely destroyed after the bombing and nearly 92% of the structures in the city had been either destroyed or damaged by blast and fire. Yet the question will not die, nor should it: was dropping the atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki a military necessity was the decision justified by the imperative of saving lives or were there other motives involved the question of military necessity can be quickly put to rest japan was already. Declining support in both the us and japan for america's bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki this first use of a nuclear weapon by any nation has long divided americans and japanese americans have consistently approved of this attack and have said it was justified the japanese have not.
The us decision to drop the atomic bombs on nagasaki and hiroshima in 1945 can be argued to have been made on the gamble that the japan would have reacted the way the us wanted in essence, the destructive capabilities of the atomic bomb were used to make a point to the japanese high. The united states was justified in dropping the atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki for many reasons first of all, just to the two battles immediately preceding the bomb decision were iwo jima and okinawa, two battles where the japanese fought to the death and the cost in american casualties was horrific it was. The atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki were war crimes full stop matthew walther hulton archive/getty the historian paul fussell said something like this in thank god for the atom bomb, a famous essay published in the new republic in 1981 after tut-tutting john kenneth galbraith and.
Ordering the deployment of the atomic bombs was an abhorrent act, but one they were certainly justified in doing therefore, making hiroshima & nagasaki the example of the tremendous power of the bombs would make it clear to the ussr that they too needed such weapons to defend themselves. More than seventy years after the end of world war ii, the decision to drop the atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki remains controversial historians and the public continue to debate if the bombings were justified, the causes of japan's surrender, the casualties that would have resulted if the us had.
The allies were justified in dropping atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki from the fact that i didn't put enough thought into it for that idea to occur from me , i couldn't've worked it in because my teacher was really adamant that it be a five paragraph essay, if i worked a sixth paragraph in there would be hell to pay. The debate over the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki concerns the ethical, legal, and military controversies surrounding the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki on 6 august and 9 august 1945 at the close of world war ii (1939–45) the soviet union declared war on japan an hour before midnight on.