Why was the bombing of Hiroshima necessary? Why was the bombing of Hiroshima necessary?

Judgments
made concerning the dropping of the atomic bomb must be based on research, rather than
sentimentalizing the loss of Japanese lives.  If one did not live in July and August of 1945,
then before making a decison on the validity  behind the atomic bombing, look at the reasons for
the determination.

In the first place, America did not want to enter World

War II.  However, after the surprise attack onf Pearl Harbor,  killing over 2,000
Americans and destroying almost the entire Pacific fleet, it was forced to respond.  There was
no justification for that bombing!

After the war began,
in the European and the Pacific theaters, approximately, 450,000 American lives were lost. 
Furthermore, 240,000 were wounded.  There was no justification for the
killing of these American soldiers who had been forced into battle.

In 1945,
the Japanese, through diplomatic channels, told the American government that it was unwilling to
concede to the allied forces.  When the decision was made to drop the bomb, the American
President and government warned Japan on several occasions and by several mean. The Japanese
were told:   the United States had a new bomb beyond all present capabilities and would use it
to end the war if Japan did not surrender. No response. The Japanese would never
surrender.  They were willing to fight until the last woman and child were
dead.

During 1945, America and the allied forces, had been bombing Tokyo and
other cities constantly.  The dead and wounded tolls from these bombings far exceeded the loss
of life in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, yet, the conventional bombing failed to persuade
Japan.

Japan's latest effort to destroy American forces was the kamikaze
strikes.  Japanese pilots, willing to commit suicide to kill Americans, would bear down on US
ships crashing into them at full speed. Tthe kamikaze suicide attacks on Allied ships just at
Okinawa alone had produced  horrifying numbers:

34 Allied
warships sunk

368 Allied ships damaged

4,900 Allied
sailors killed;

and 4,874 Allied sailors wounded.

Japan would never surrender!

What choices did the US have in ending this brutal war?

Yes,
civilians were killed.  If the bomb were to be dropped,  it had to make an impact.  Hiroshima
was an industrialized city. In addition, it had a huge army base in the vicinity.  Remember also
that the aircraft of the times were not pinpoint accurate as they are today, so the shape of the
city and the weather also played a part in the decisions. The Japanese had to be shown that
America was ready to end the war. Japan had to be shown that it had no chance of winning the
war.  It along with the allies faced more devastation loss in lives.  Even though the cost was
terrible, the atomic bombs used against Japan were justified.  The war had to end to prevent
further American and allied loss of life.

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