go off on Hiroshima. The Atomic bomb was not the only answer to end the war, there were many other ways that were planned to end the war that were never used. There were two other plans for attacking Japan rather than just letting off the Atomic Bomb.( ONeal 30) These plans were considered only briefly even with the words of general Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 22,1945 , . . .the Atomic Bomb is no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives.(Wheeler 72) The two plans that were devised to put an end to the war without the use of the Atomic Bomb were the two land invasion plans .the first plan was called the Olympic and the other called the Coronet.(Oneal 30) The commanders of the American forces stationed in Japan thought that Tokyo the capital city would of been hard for the Japanese to defend so the Olympic would have a good success level and if this plan failed the Coronet plan would of been put into action.(Oneal 30) These two ways of ending the war were never used because of the Atomic Bomb. The view that has been established over time states the Atomic bomb saved more lives than a land invasion would of can be questioned by the estimated statistics. (Wyden 275) Japanese officials stated, it has been estimated that 71,000 people had either been killed or missing ,68,000 had been wounded. . .20,000 soldiers had been either killed or wounded.(Blow 114) The estimated amount that would of died with out the bomb which estimated by general Dwight D. Eisenhower was 100,000.The amount that did die was 80,000.(ONeal 40)The Atomic bomb was not just used to end war but was used to show the Russians that the United States was a world power as well as a nuclear power. President Truman seemed at times anxious to use the bomb to show what great power the United States did in fact have. At the Cecelienhot Palace on July 24,1945 Truman strolled over to where Stalin was standing with his interpreter and casually informed hi...
