Using the atomic bombs to end WWII with Japan was not a rational and justified desicion.

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USING THE ATOMIC BOMBS TO END WWII WITH JAPAN WAS NOT A RATIONAL AND JUSTIFIED DECISION

The focal point of this is to look into the fact whether using the atomic bombs to end WWII with Japan was at all a rational and justified decision or not . This is an important aspect because not only this bomb caused a high toll of life and national wealth with its initial shock wave but the bomb left behind a legacy of peril that was unheard of

in the human history . With death and suffering at such a scale it is important to question the decision of using the atomic bomb time and again for the truth

The first atomic bomb , by the name Little Boy , was dropped on Hiroshima from an American B-29 Flying Fortress Enola Gay ' on 6th August , 1945 . Soon after the bombing of Hiroshima , another city of Japanese Empire , Nagasaki was bombed . This time with a plutonium bomb named Fat Man , on 9th August , 1945 . The United States President at that time was Harry Truman and though Franklin Roosevelt ed the Manhattan Project to commence in the first place Truman should be held responsible for ing the bombing on Japan . Incidentally , it should be remembered that the Manhattan Project started as a counter measurement against the mythical Nazi atomic bomb and was recommended by eminent scientists headed by Albert Einstein . In a way this was a predominantly peace bomb and never intended towards Japan

It is difficult to estimate the exact amount of deaths that occurred due to these two bombs as most of the affected lives suffered for months before dying as a result of exposure to radiation . Thus in a rough estimation it has been concluded that about in Hiroshima the death toll was about 140000 and at Nagasaki it was around 75000 . But then again it should be remembered that these numbers are mostly backed by political agenda . Thus the exact number is very hard to estimate . However , one thing is certain about this number that most of deaths were that of the civilians

The result of this atomic bombing was a complete and unconditional surrender by Japan on 15th August , 1945 and it provided an initial justification for the bombing . From the US military point of view this affected a faster ending of the war that could have prolonged for few more months resulting quite a bit more of the death toil of the army of the both sides . But no one seemed to estimate at that time that the death of the soldiers would be more than the cumulative numbers of the civilians of the two Japanese cities . It is certain that the amount of military deaths would have never reached a fraction of 125000 . But deaths are deaths and if it is inevitable then why not sacrifice 125000 Japanese civilians rather than risking the lives of thousands of US marines in the Pacific war . This was...