Pearl Harbor 5

Humanities On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Navy willfully and deliberately attacked Pearl Harbor, and the Pacific War began. On August 6, 1945 the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, and marked the beginning of the end of the Pacific War. Ever since the end of the Pacific War, many people have asked the question. Should the United States have used the atomic bomb? The use of the atomic bomb was the most plausible alternative …

…going to be pretty or humane no matter what option was used. By dropping the atomic bomb, America ended the war quickly. Greatly reducing the number of casualties that might have been suffered had the war been extended. Works Cited “United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Pacific War” 1 JULY. 1946: 15+: http://www.anesi.com/ussbs01.htm Noble, Mike. “Dropping the Bomb” http://oasis.bellevue.k12.wa.us/sammamish/sstudies.dir/hist_docs.dir/atomicbombs.mn.html: 19 Nov. 1999: