bombings on japan, were the really needed Options

[Mr. Psychotic]

do u guys think the 2 bombs dropped on japan during WW2 were really needed?
i say no because they just killed innoc3nt people in those 2 citys and it left a perment mental damage on my grandma (im japanese)
so what do u guys think

[Spirited Away]

Of course war isn't a game, but the fact of the matter is that unconditional surrender wasn't going to bring about peace. The bombings on Japan weren't necessary and there were possibly other ways to prevent the deaths of many people (including American soldiers). I'm just still debating on placing two atomic bombs...I just don't think that dropping the bomb in Nagasaki was truly necessary.

I agree in that the second bomb on Nagasaki was unnecessary (I conceed to that much while debating with comradered), but as kyro said the second one ensured surrender. Not only that it brought a sense of security during the time of confusion to America, especially while our relationship with Russia was wavering. After all, Truman would've been bashed by many Americans if it was known that we had WMD and did not use it to secure surrender of the country that attacked Pearl.

While I agree that it was unnecessary, I will maintain that the bombs were justified.

Yes, the Japanese were still willing to fight before the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, but then after intercepting those messages from the Emperor, he stated that he was going to surrender. The American Military didn't care and were still going to drop the bomb on Nagasaki anyways. Basically, those intercepted messages didnt' mean squat.

Nagasaki was never the intended target. At first, the target was to be Kokura, now part of Kitakyushu, however, heavy cloud diverted the target to nearby Nagasaki. The damage to Nagasaki was wasn't as intense as in Hiroshima because of the city's topography.

Truman was under time pressure to keep Stalin's forces out.

If the war was prolonged there would have been more casualties.

No such weapon of mass destruction has ever been created. Its power could not have been conceived by those who do not know the weapon for what it is, as was the case of most Americans.

Understanding the military culture of Japan during that era, surrender would be considered disgrace. It's was hard to know whether or not the Emperor's word of surrender would be carried out by the military.