decision that the bomb be used between July 25 and August tenth.The Target was to be used on military objectives. (Takaki 43) One of these questions, and by far the easiest to answer conclusively, is whether it was essential to do so in order to compel Japan to surrender on our terms before it was invaded. Decision makers were confident the invasion of the main islands was not necessary. After the bomb went off and President Truman was notified he went on to say that the Japanese were responsible for their own destruction. Truman had given them a chance to surrender and they had not taken the initiative to oblige and this was the consequence.many Americans had seen first hand the result of Japanese resistance.( ONeal36 )The Japanese had no intention of surrendering because they saw their emperor as a God. At the time Emperor Hirohito was in power and the Japanese thought it was an honor to die for this man. How do you end a war with people who do not value life and wish to keep fighting on in order to have the ultimate privilege in their eyes of dying for their emperor and their country?Suicide planes had sunk 34 American ships, 3 aircraft carriers,285 damaged aircraft carriers,15 battleships,15 cruisers,87 destroyers,during the Okinawa campaign 16 ships were sunk,185 damaged (7 carriers, 10 battleships, and 5 cruisers)(Feis 267) Surely this kind of destruction would have continued on for a long period of time if the bomb wouldnt of been detonated. It is easy to see that if not for the bomb many more Japanese and American people would of died through invasions on land, water, and air. President Truman was right when he said that dropping the bomb would save lives and both sides as a whole.The Japanese people who wished to carry on the war were called the,militarists or army generals.(Oneal 51) These people believed that Japan was to be the biggest and most dominant power in the world.They were in no position to surr...
