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Hiroshima

Luckily for them the war ended. .
             The reason the United states dropped the atomic bomb was because they wanted the unconditional surrender of Japan. Personally I think they could get Japan to surrender using a different type of method. I think they would have surrendered on their own because the axes powers where starting to diminish. Germany surrendered before they dropped the bomb and the rest of their group was folding along with them.
             Many innocent people died because of tension between two governments. The biggest reason for me believing that the atomic-bombing of Hiroshima was wrong was that it was targeted at innocent civilians, not military targets or soldiers. Of course in every war in history civilians have been victimized, including Asians murdered by Japanese soldiers during the same war. In the rules of war I've learned that Civilian causalities are normally considered to be outside the lines of warfare. The people did not even have a say on what their government did but they still paid the price. What the U.S. did was wrong; they should have taken their anger out in different ways.
             On December 7th, 1945, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor while the shipmen were going through their normal Sunday routines. (www.grolier.com) This was a disaster for the U.S. and President Roosevelt said it best when he stated that December 7th would be a date that would live in infamy. The United States would soon retaliate by dropping an atomic bomb over Hiroshima on the morning of August 6th, 1945. People say Pearl Harbor was the reason why the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima and that dropping the bomb was the right move. The United States said that by dropping the bomb they would save lives by not having to put their men into combat. How could they save lives if many war experts and officials believe that the war was already over?.
             "It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan.


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