maintain that, given the mind-set of the Japanese at the time, it is unlikely that any conceivable benign demonstration would have induced surrender.” and we know that they wouldn’t given up because, in the battle of Okinawa “there were about 100,000 Japanese killed or captured; many preferred suicide to the disgrace of capture. So if they were willing to kill themselves then they have enough fight to not give up any time soon.
Now I understand why some people disagree with the atomic bomb. The reasons why they chose to use it and the amount of destruction it caused. I understand that it appeared that the Japanese were already defeated, and that there was no reason to use the bomb. And that it killed a lot of innocent civilians. Well for the most part, my grandfather who was involved in the war he would answer with “well they shouldn’t have started it!” he is right though they bombed Pearl Harbor and even though it was a military base there were many civilians as well. The rule of not harming civilians is a universal one; they broke the rule first so the Japanese army and government are at fault for the deaths of their citizens aren’t they? Like I explained already they had valid reasons for the use of the atomic bomb, it would end the war, also the plan they were going to use would kill thousands of soldiers and don’t forget the