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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which was what brought the US into the war.

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1. Review the Facts

2. Pick a side: should the bombs have been dropped? yes or no

3. In the proper column, write 2-3 of the strongest reasons to support your side

4. You will then comment on someone's posting from the OTHER SIDE of the argument, prove them wrong!

5. Go back and respond to any comments on your posting to refute their points and prove your point! If no one commented on your posting, respond to another comment from your column.

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Write your STRONGEST 2-3 reasons why you believe they should NOT have dropped the bomb. Write a convincing argument.

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Write your STRONGEST 2-3 reasons why you believe they should have dropped the bomb. Write a convincing argument.

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Japan was warned once before the first bomb and another time before the second bomb was dropped.

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Japan was VERY prepared to fight another battle

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Japan was VERY prepared to fight another battle

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-had 4 million soldiers ready to defend their nation

-trained children and civilians to fight

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Unable to provide medical care to victims.

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Unable to provide medical care to victims.

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The extent of the damage in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 made it nearly impossible to provide aid. In Hiroshima 90% of physicians and nurses were killed or injured and 42 of 45 hospitals were rendered non-functional.

In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, most victims died without any care to ease their suffering.

https://www.icanw.org/hiroshima_and_nagasaki_bombings

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5-6 years after the bombings,  leukemia increased noticeably among survivors.

After about a decade, survivors began suffering from thyroid, breast, lung and other cancers at higher than normal rates.

Pregnant women exposed to the bombings experienced higher rates of miscarriage and deaths among their infants; their children were more likely to have intellectual disabilities, impaired growth and an increased risk of developing cancer.

And for all survivors, cancers related to radiation exposure still continue to increase throughout their lifespan, even to this day, seven decades later.

https://www.icanw.org/hiroshima_and_nagasaki_bombings

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Estimated Deaths from Invading Japan - the other option to the atomic bomb

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Estimated Deaths from Invading Japan - the other option to the atomic bomb

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Personnel at the Navy Department estimated that the total losses to America would be between 1.7 and 4 million with 400,000 to 800,000 deaths. The same department estimated that there would be up to 10 million Japanese casualties

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Bombs led to the end of the war - Truman's Sec of State

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Bombs led to the end of the war - Truman's Sec of State

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"The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki put an end to the Japanese war. It stopped the fire raids, and the strangling blockade; it ended the ghastly specter of a clash of great land armies. In this last great action of the Second World War we were given final proof that war is death."

—Secretary of War Henry Stimson

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Effect on Japan - Japanese Newspaper Claps Back

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Effect on Japan - Japanese Newspaper Claps Back

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"How can a human being with any claim to a sense of moral responsibility deliberately let loose an instrument of destruction which can at one stroke annihilate (destroy) an appalling segment of mankind? This is not war: this is not even murder; this is pure nihilism (evil). This is a crime against God and humanity which strikes at the very basis of moral existence. What meaning is there in any international law, in any rule of human conduct, in any concept of right and wrong, if the very foundations of morality are to be overthrown as the use of this instrument of total destruction threatens to do?"

— Nippon Times (Tokyo), August 10, 1945

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"The view where a moment before all had been so bright and sunny was now dark and hazy... What had happened? All over the right side of my body I was bleeding... My private nurse set about examining my wounds without speaking a word. No one spoke... Why was everyone so quiet? The heat finally became too intense to endure... Those who could fled; those who could not perished...

Hiroshima was no longer a city but a burned-over prairie. To the east and to the west everything was flattened. The distant mountains seemed nearer than I could ever remember... How small Hiroshima was with its houses gone."

- Michihiko Hachiya, Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6 - September 30, 1945

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Could these people REALLY have stopped their Emperor?

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I believe they should have dropped the bomb because they were warned about it and did nothing about it and they could’ve surrendered but they didn’t think they would drop the bomb

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They should have dropped the bomb. Japan technically bombed the U.S. first. Also, the war could have kept going if the bombs were not dropped, because Japan was ready to keep fighting for a while. In a way, the bombs prevented death even though they caused a lot of deaths. If the war continued due to the bomb not being dropped, more soldiers would have died. The bomb ended the war, and saved many lives as a result. Japan was also warned, where they could have helped their citizens evacuate. Many of the deaths due to the bomb were preventable in some way because Japan was warned.

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I do not think that America should have dropped the Atomic bombs on Japan. This is because killing thousands of citizens is really wrong. The fact that the survivors of the bomb could not get medical help because most medical centers  were destroyed is really concerning and I think it should be a war crime to destroy medical bases. I also think that unleashing this power of ultimate destruction upon human beings just lead to more bad things. Soon after world war 2 ended outer countries made nuclear bombs and I think that we would not be in fear of nuclear attacks today if we did not start making these types of bombs and starting the trend of a nuclear arms race.

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I think they should have dropped the bomb because Japan was warned about the bomb yet they didn't do anything about it. They also never warned the citizens. Japan also bombed the US first. It also says that Japan was prepared to defend their nation, but they clearly didn't. Why didn't they warn citizens about the bombing so that they could get them to safety?

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I think they should have. I believe this because the Japanese are rootless  and they wouldn't have stopped at anything to win the war. The U.S specifically targeted places that were more unpopulated even sending papers from the sky waring those in the area and of power. It was totally the option of the people and the government to protect themselves and just like there priority was to win and stand ground so was ours and as stated above we meant no harm to civilians but it had to be done. Japan goes as far as to kill themselves for their country so image what would happen to us if we attacked by land it was a safer and smarter attack choosing to bomb.

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Dropping the bomb was the right option because they already warned Japan that they were going to drop the bombs, they weren't targeting the citizens so if Japan really cared, they would have been evacuated. Also, they were targeting the industrial areas with factories so Japan wouldn't be able to build any more weapons for the war. Furthermore, these bombs led to the end of the war, if the war continued, way more people would've died as a result anyways. Japan bombed the US first too, killing a ton of Americans.

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I think they should have dropped the bombs. WWII would have lasted a lot longer if they wouldn't have dropped the bombs. In addition, Japan was warned about the bombs, these cities should have evacuated. There would have been way less deaths. Lastly, Japan was refusing to surrender. Which put many people in danger. There would have also been a lot more deaths if the US would have invaded instead.

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I think that they should have dropped the bomb. they were warned before hand that if they did not surrender. Japan was not going to surrender anytime soon either. If they did not drop the bomb, more lives would have been lost in battles. The U.S estimated that millions of people would have died without the bomb. Civilians would have still died anyways because they were trained like soldiers.

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I think they should have dropped the bomb because the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki quickly ended the war. The bomb helped to avoid a large number of casualties on both sides.

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I think they should have dropped the bombs, because Japan would not stop attacking, and if they didn’t dropped the bombs the war would kept going.

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I think that they should have dropped the bomb because 1. Japan was warned about the bomb and they could have surrendered before America dropped the bomb. The second reason I think that America should have dropped the bomb was because it ended the war faster, and Japan was prepared to fight more, so the result of the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the ending of the war. I just think that if Japan would have surrendered there wouldn't have been a need for the destruction and suffering that the bomb caused.

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i think they should have but not a bomb that big and not at civilians because what the government does is not their doing. I dont think kids should be hurt or targeted by the decisions or arguments of a bad government and war. I dont think i or anyone can justify the amount of people killed. Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor yes, and killed civilians, yes but not thousands of them and they did it at a army station where it was people actually fighting in the war mostly. I think yes because it stopped the war in the big picture but i think it was very wrong.

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Yes, they should have dropped the bomb. Japan brought the US into the war. Japan also was very prepared for the war which is why they dropped the bomb in the first place. If Japan really cared about their citizens they would've warned them and evacuated them. Japan had a warning before the first bomb, and before the second bomb. It was a warning for Japan, telling them to back off a little bit. They did not target citizens, it was a two birds one stone moment. The bomb was dropped to target industrial factories, schools and citizens just happened to be hit.

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I think they should have dropped the bomb because Japan bombed the U.S first, and Japan would have still fought in the war even if no one dropped the bombs, and because of that the bombs stopped a lot of deaths. and the bombs stopped the war!

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i think that they should of dropped the bomb because it was effective. because america dropped the bomb it forced japan to surrender, if america didn't of bombed them than who knows if they ever would of surrendered. and plus the a-bomb was a huge Turing point in the war because one of Germany alies were down.

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I think they should have dropped the bombs, if they hadn't done this the war would have continued.

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I think they should have dropped the bomb because Japan bombed US first. This war had to end somehow, so they countered. Although this bomb caused the death of many people, it was the end of the war.

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The Japanese people asked: "How can a human being with any claim to a sense of moral responsibility" do this?