Question of the bombing of Japan?

Question

What was the number of people that died? And plz make a list of why you were for it and why you were against it.

Answer 1

I think the 250,000 number is accurate.

Not many know this, but more people were killed in the fire bombing missions launched against Japan in the last year of the war. Massive sections of Tokyo were simply incinerated -- the residents of those neighborhoods turned to ash. Even in 1945 many of Tokyo's (and the other major cities as well) were still built extensively with wood.

One single raid on Tokyo left 72,500 dead -- it is believed to be the single most devastating loss of life from one bombing mission; exceeding both the atomic bomb causalities (initial for each) and Dresden.

The dropping of the atomic bombs though was a calculated and needed decision to bring an end to the war -- to not only save American lives, but Japanese as well.

If the homeland of Japan had been invaded U.S. losses were forcasted to be close to 1,000,000 during the landings and initial battles. Japanese (military and civilian) would have totaled to nearly triple that.

Answer 2

Very few people had the opportunity to have an opinion of the atom bomb before it was dropped. It was top secret.
Remember that previous battles with the Nazis and with the Japanese resulted in massive casualties, but this was the only way to win. And now Germany and Italy had surrendered, and Japan had been defeated but refused to surrender. Military leaders wanted to fight to the last man. This would have been another massive bloodbath. They didn't surrender even after the Hiroshima bomb. Only after the Nagasaki bomb did Japan surrender. So Americans were greatly relieved and thankful for the surrender. I imagine that many Japanese were relieved too. Only later did the horror of it become understood. And in time, the horrors of WWII began to fade and the potential horrors of nuclear war began to take on more reality....
Maybe it was the right thing to do at the time. It certainly saved many thousands of lives, Japanese lives as well as US lives, while it also killed and sickened many.

Answer 3

Overall, I believe that the figure for number of dead was over 250,000 including those who died from radiation within a few months after the bombs. Actually, the incidence of certain cancers is much higher in Japan even today. On the plus side, it did cause Japan to surrender, saving many allied lives. On the negative side, the atomic bomb was, and possibly still is, one of the most horrible of weapons of war.

Answer 4

i heard it was approx. 100 000 to 200 000 ppl that died. i am for it coz it ended the war rather quickly. but i am against it in the sense that maybe so many innocents didnt have to die along with the destruction of the economy for the war to end. some sort of negotiatoin should've been enforced.