Was the atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki genocide?

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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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On August 6 1945 the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and the second one was dropped at Nagasaki on 9th August 1945 . The atomic bomb pelted on Japan was initially intended to force the Germans into submission but after the Germany surrendered , Japan was left as the threat to world peace (John F .

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The Hiroshima Bomb which was uranium based killed 100 ,000 Japanese and left several thousands dying slowing as

a result of radiation . After three days , another atomic bomb was dropped at Nagasaki city , which left around 50 ,000 dead (P .M .S , Blackett 70

The justification for these mass killings was that it would end the war faster and thereby making it unnecessary to invade Japan . According to Byres , such an invasion could save a million people and therefore it was desirable

Was the atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Genocide

Yes indeed it was . My opinion is based on the following premises

First , by August 1945 the Japan military was in a desperate state . The Naval blockade of the Allies had taken away a fleet of ships with military supplies and weapons from Japan military , without these the Japan Military was weak and could not survive for long (Matin Z

According to a detailed opinion survey of the leaders of Japan who survived the atrocities , Japan would have inevitably surrendered probably before November 1945 without the threat of an atomic bomb or even without Russia threatening to join the war against Japan (Gar Alperovitz , 34

Yet the American leaders knew all this information that had been successfully deciphered from the code and messages sent by Japanese military . The American leaders were well aware that Japanese authority had communicated to its Moscow ambassador to start negations for ending the war with the allies and the all-powerful Japanese emptor had indicated intentions of considering peace settlement by June 1945 .Even after the American intelligence informed this message to president Truman , he did not change his mind about launching a bomb attack on Japan (Gar Alperovitz , 37

After all the Japanese had only one condition for them to surrender that is the Emperor who was a holy symbol to the Japanese should remain in power even after the end of the war . This was a small condition for America to sacrifice against the lives and property that lay at stake if a bomb was launched on Japan (Gar Alperovitz , 38

The statement by President Truman that the world should note that the first bomb was launched on Hiroshima Military base to avoid the killings of civilian was sarcastic since all most all of those killed in the bombings of the two cities were civilian , according to a report by U .S strategic Bombing survey . Both innocent children and women were killed rather than the military personnel , which amounts to the infringement against human rights and a genocide of the highest (M . Susan...