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The Atomic Bomb - Online Term Paper

The Atomic Bomb

There has been a long standing debate on why was used to
defeat Japan. The threat of Russian advancement in Europe and in Asia was
enough to worry the top officials in the United States and British governments.
Wherever the Russians moved through they took for themselves. The imminent
invasion of mainland Japan and the allied casualties that came with it were also
a factor in the decision to drop the bomb, as said in document A. The dropping
of the bomb was not entirely used to stop the Russian advancement.

If the allied forces had invaded mainland Japan, many lives on both
sides would have been lost. Most probably more than were lost in the bombing of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki put ...

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prolonging of the war
until late 1946, as stated in document A, would result from invading on foot
instead of using the bomb.

Revenge also played a role in the decision to bomb Japan. The Japanese
were not following the Geneva convention in regards to treatment of prisoners of
war. Which says that the prisoners are not to be put through torture of the
psychological or physical nature. The Japanese did these things anyway, they
would decapitate American prisoners, or they would shove bamboo shoots under
their fingernails. The American government also wanted revenge for the surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor. No warning was given by the Japanese to the Americans
and no war was declared until after the incident.

The Russian territorial expansion definitely played a factor in the
dropping the bomb on Japan. The Soviet Union had already taken Poland and many
other countries during the war. The Soviets were helping the Chinese with the
war against Japan and later would get ...

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Added: 8/3/2008 06:37:01 AM
Category: World History
Type: Premium Paper
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