Today in class, we finished the documentary about the war in the Pacific, talked about the atomic bombs, and finished off the class by working on our research projects in class and get help from Mr Stewart.
In the documentary, we saw that the atomic bomb was devastating, but many of the American troops were in favor and believed that it was payback for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Americans also believed that since the Japanese would have fought to the death to keep Americans out of Japan, the atomic bomb would actually save more lives, both Japanese and American, than if there was a land invasion. The main idea why the Americans bombed the Japanese with the atomic bomb because they were refusing to surrender, and it was believed that the Japanese would have never surrendered and would keep fighting to the end. But, it is also believed that the Japanese could have surrendered eventually after the Japanese were starved out, which was actually happening prior to the dropping of the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Another idea why the Americans dropped the bomb was to show the rest of the world how powerful the Americans were.
I don't think that the Americans should of dropped the bomb. The war had already been essentially won and having dropped the bomb the really killed a generation of Japanese just because they were "testing and wanted to display their power".
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