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Japan and the Atomic Bombs

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Date The atomic bombs were for the first time used by the United States on during the Second World War . The United States of America just like in the First World War was observing its isolation policy but later it was left with no other choice except from joining the war when the Japanese soldiers attacked its Hawaii naval base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December , 1941 . The Japanese wrecked the U .S . army ships and one mine

br layer beyond repair . Also during this attack , 188 aircrafts were destroyed and about 2 ,500 died while and almost the same number was badly injured . This provoked U .S . to act and in response , a congress meeting was held and Roosevelt officially declared war on Japan . The United States involvement in the WW II culminated to the dropping of the atomic bombs . How the decision to drop the atomic bombs was reached and were there other methods that could have been used to bring the war to an end instead of using the atomic bombs ? Basically this is what this research will focus on . It will examine and evaluate the basis for the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in the context of other options that might have been pursued to bring the war to a successful conclusion

The factors that lead to the eventual attack by the Americans dates back to the 19th century when US under diplomatic relations sent a naval expedition to Asia something that marked the onset of colonization . By this time , U S was already an industrialized nation and Japanese were well aware that industry was the determining factor for the nation 's strength so in to prevent any nation from intruding their country they embarked on the policy of industrialization to safeguard their independence . With industrialization , new unanticipated problems arose as U .S . and Japan 's neighbors refused to buy its products . Japan had a high population that relied on trade so any nation that blocked its trade routes would be attacked but to avoid confrontations , Japan kept its army on its trade lanes . This plan worked for sometime but it did not solve the problems as its rivals deliberately refused to trade with it . To solve this problem , Japan decided to attack Manchuria and later went on to conquer the very heart of China in 1937

The United States which was very much interested with industrialization and could do anything to further their interests , realized that Japan was emerging to be the strongest power in Asia something that would have compromised their plans therefore , they decided to side with the weaker nations by providing them with military and economic assistance and in 1941 , US completely cut off all its trade deals with Japan thus crippling its economy . US collaborated with Dutch and England in destabilizing Japan 's economy (Wainstock , 1996 ) For the trade to resume to normalcy , Japan was given...