The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor inevitably resulted in Japan losing their struggle in WWII because the Japanese cranked the “angry giant” of the U.S. into high war mode, gave U.S. citizens a rallying point for retaliating, and drew Japan into a lopsided struggle with the U.S.
This choice ultimately led the U.S. to that finally decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan. After many hours of consideration with many other idea’s of different ways to stop the Japanese without the use of the Atomic Bomb happened the finally decision was to drop it. This decision was made by President Truman who would always be known for the one who dropped the bomb. Since the war with Germany had ended and there was no fear of needed to counter attack with the U.S.’ own Atomic Bomb so they did not necessarily need to keep it any more. (Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Paragraph 1)
This was considered to be the right thing to do because if the U.S. continued in this war more lives would be saved. Even if they just evaded the Japanese homeland to achieve and unconditional surrendered the amount of lives lost here would be far greater than if the U.S. just dropped the bomb now. (Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Paragraph 1)
The first bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945 in the city Hiroshima and the second bomb was dropped in the city Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. These bombs were used after six months of harsh firebombing on 67 other cities. The first bomb killed as many as 140,000 and the second bomb killed as many as 80,000 people. Ever since the bomb was used there have been arguments on weightier it was the just thing to do. (Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Paragraph 2)
I conclude that the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was a cowardly move because no one attacks someone who they aren’t at war with, without warning. The attack on Pearl Harbor also helped the U.S. to get cranked into high gear to begin its attack on Japan. Lastly the attack on Pearl Harbor lead to the depletion of Japan’s forces because the U.S. had gained a massive army of ships. In the end the attack on Pearl Harbor wasn’t a smart move by the Japanese.
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