Little boy and Fat man, the two bombs that brought total annihilation to Japan. As new president, Truman  had to make a tough decision. Drop the bombs killing thousands or send U.S troops on a battle to victory. Choosing to drop the bombs resulted in killing 220,000 Japanese and broadcasted a super weapon to the world. This action of destruction was not necessary to end the war.

One reason dropping the atom bombs was a mistake because the U.S showed what that kind of bomb can do. Russia and Germany had been working on a similar bomb. The bombs’ explosion showed that the bomb is successful. If utilized on America, we would have been in deep trouble. Think about the atomic power in the hands of Germany. Using such a power may have been easy at the time but in the long run it had some consequences, such as starting the cold war.

Another reason the bombs were unnecessary  was because the war could have ended with less deaths. The Japanese claimed that communism is what made them surrender. If the U.S threatened Japan with communism and they truly feared communism they would have surrendered. Since Russia was communist we could have used them to influence the end of the war. Russia would not threaten the U.S because they shared a common enemy of Japan. There were other ways but the United States took the easy way out by dropping the bombs.

Even though WWII would have lasted longer, other wars to come wouldn’t have happened.  One of those fights being the Cold War. The Cold War was when Russia threatened the U.S with atomic bombs. Where did they get the confidence to say the bombs worked? The U.S. Seeing the destruction it made gave them the motivation to make such a weapon. If the U.S didn’t drop those bombs Russia and other nations would never know such a power ever existed and could work.

Going back, if the U.S thought clearly, it would have found many other ways to end the war. They would have kept the knowledge of the atomic bomb to itself. That would have changed how the world is today. Japan would be whole and the world it is now would be more peaceful. If the U.S had a second chance to drop the bombs it should take the way of hard-fought peace not quick destruction.