sians were sent a clear message that we were not afraid to use this new weapon to stop aggression. This also started the beginning of the atomic age. And the beginning of the arms build-up in the cold war. Here are some of the speculations about cause and effect of the usage of the atomic bomb. Due to the atomic bombs hastening the end of World War II, the lives countless Japanese soldiers and civilians were spared. The thousands of Allies soldiers expected to die in the invasion and victory over Japan would have died. The two Japanese cities would not have been destroyed, left with radiation, and causing cancer clusters if we did not drop the bomb. Japan did not gain an opportunity to rebuild its arsenal and continue war production goods. Japan was essentially stopped from its mission of world conquest. The Axis powers would have made their own atomic bomb and used it. Japan would have won the war, if they would have destroyed the four American airplane carriers in Pearl Harbor. By the American forces using the atomic bomb Japan was forced to surrender to the American forces and under American terms. By using the atomic bomb, American forces were able to demonstrate to their potential foe, Russia, their destructive power and military capability. All of this happened in World War II when we dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. I hope that I have proven that the atomic bomb was part of the turning point in history and is what started the cold war. That if we had not used the atomic bomb we would have lost millions of lives. The creation and usage of the atomic bomb created a new type of warfare and officially started the Cold War. I have discovered that the atomic bomb was a mistake and that we should not have used it. Japan was already being destroyed with other kind of bombs that were destroying their towns; it was only a matter of time before they would have had to surrender....
