Do you think it would have been better if we invaded Nagasaki instead of bombing it?

Question

But what about the Japanese people? The U.S. is very good and have lots of power but we cant just go around killing people/civilians... That would make us monsters right? Also true that the bombing was avoidable so why bomb something that was not needed. To prove power thats stupid.. They should have bomb germany it would have been better since it was the german that started the dumb war..

Answer 1

Nukes are never the way to go. WWII would have ended years before it was if Roosevelt had done the right thing and warned the commanders at Pearl Harbor of the invasion. I understand there were Japanese spies there, but it could have been done in secret. We could have taken out a very large chunk of the Japanese war effort. That would have almost brought Japan to their knees. Then we could have put more troops in Europe and ended Hitler's dream early.

Answer 2

I think it would have been not just better but the right thing to do. US together with the allies forces had already defeated the Germans and the time when US bombed Japan, Japan didn't represent a danger anymore. I see the atomic bombing the most coward act ever done against another country. It's even worst than a war, because, different of war, a country can be rebuild and the affects of the atomic bomb on the population and the land can last for unknowing number of years. The atomic bombing, was the most wars act that chock and terrified me most.
About 15 years ago, a Japanese documentary was released with a computer graphic reconstitution of the attack. It burned people, buildings and even metal, like paper. There are some people's shadows registered on the floor as effect of attacks. We can clearly see, that someone was seated for example at the time of the attack, and by the size of the Shadow we could also see, it was a child.
I am not Asian or Japanese, but this bombing is something that tears my eyes, every time I remember....but of course you will always find people saying it wasn't another way to resolve the situation....The bombing was a message that US wanted to send to the world, right after the war had already ended.
To have a clear idea about a fact, try to get the both sides of the story. I had access to both (Japanese and American) and combined with facts I had..... and this is my conclusion.

Answer 3

Hiroshima was the first target, so it may have been a moot point. Nagasaki was the 3rd choice for the bombing. The real reason the Bombs were dropped was because the Soviets were rushing everything they had to the Pacific. The entire might of the soviet forces was due to crash into Japan within days. The President hated the way Germany was divided and knew the hatred the Russians had for the Japanese. The wanted a total destruction of Japan and would have had the resources to do it. The Bombings ensured a quick decision by the Japanese and an assurance that the Soviets would not be at the surrender.

Answer 4

There is so much misinformation listed in the replies that one scarcely knows where to begin. I have been in both Nagasaki and Hiroshima. I have talked to people who were alive in Japan that month in August 45. Thoughtful people there recognize that the bombing was necessary. A good question would be: Would the Japanese have used the bomb if they had it first? Death is death, horrible death is death and it is little different than a bullet to the head or a flame thrower. Hardly anyone objects to these weapons in war fare yet they are accepted.

Answer 5

Nagasaki is a city. We would have invaded Japan. And NO, it would not have been better to invade Japan (and Nagasaki, in particular).

World War II was in its sixth year and I'm sure the world was tired of being at war.

Hmmm...I guess this generation isn't the only one that had to deal with a long war. Fortunately for the "Greatest Generation," the people realized we were fighting for our way of life and were willing to stay the course.

We can still learn things from those who went before us, if we are willing.

Answer 6

NO. The battle of Iwo Jima lasted 36 days, with a US casualty rate of 25,851 with 6,825 dead. Virtually all 22,000 Japanese occupiers died. THIRTY SIX DAYS.

The battle of Okinawa lasted about 70 days with a US casualty rate of 72,000 with 12,000 dead. Japanese losses were staggering with 66,000 combatants killed, 7,000 captured and over 50,000 civilians killed, either by bullets or suicide.

There were two more islands to take BEFORE mainland Japan. The bombs were the correct course of action for both sides, otherwise the death toll would've been in the millions.

Answer 7

Had the Japanese or Germans got the bomb first, the world would be a very different place......

Answer 8

That was the debate prior to the decision to use the bomb.

Casualty figures drove the decision. Planners determined that fewer lives would be lost and were lost in using the bomb than in continuing the invasion and fire bombing of Japan.

It was much more efficient way to end the war.

Answer 9

Ground war are difficult and there are causalities. It is my opinion that only use of Atom Bomb is on civilian including women and children. Its main aim is to create panic at the cost of poor civilian. All is history. We must support Mr. Bush with a request to use more humane approach. He should explain the objective of American policies instead of threat . Wars are avoidable.

Answer 10

Lor_Vangs; As attractive as IS 'Jack O'Lantern's'
most succinct reply;
myself I am [filled with admiration].. for 'Beach Bum's' erudite
-,AND -obviously (to me), ultra-well-researched, Answer!

Military -especially the 'Bushido'/ Nippon-type, AND general-
contractors benefitting
[from the continuation of] Hostilities,
-(kept going) BY the high-ranking Political WAR-MONGERS..
It sure would, though -Beach-Bum- take considerable stopping..
And they [did have] these two. shiny-new Nuke-Bombs TO try-out:
on women & children -along with "a million" factory workers.. too;
-like: "which techknowledgy IS the 'ONE to go with?" Plutonium?
-or The Fission-System? - We haven't much, time, you know?"

It went down in History that 'the Two Nuke-Bombs' ENDED the War..
but the evil Nippon Experimental-Lab Doctors,
merely speeded-up; (-things like: removing Aussie,
and Filipino P.O.W's stomachs(!) -just to let their smiling Jap.-Nurses
"correlate the observed results"!
Outrageous; .-no? This IS a TRUE story -out of war-torn Japan;
to give the reader a little insight [into] the 'Bushido' Nipponese mind;
AND their [concept of mercy]..
.(-behind all the "bowing, & 'scraping").. Nice? -.no?