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Based on the fact that it was a different time period back then and that everyone was desperate for the war to be over, I do in a way believe it was necessary; the Japanese wouldn't surrender. I do agree that other methods could've been used but the bomb was the method that put a stop to everything at the very moment, any other method would have taken more time causing more people's well being to be put in danger.

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And it wasn't necessary either. Militarily Japan was finished (as the Soviet invasion of Manchuria that August showed). Further blockade and urban destruction would have produced a surrender in August or September at the latest, without the need for the costly anticipated invasion or the atomic bomb.-Lulu

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And it wasn't necessary either. Militarily Japan was finished (as the Soviet invasion of Manchuria that August showed). Further blockade and urban destruction would have produced a surrender in August or September at the latest, without the need for the costly anticipated invasion or the atomic bomb.-Lulu

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i feel like the atomic bombs were neccesarry or if not the war would of never ended

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We could’ve found another solution

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Atomic bomb

A discovery by nuclear physicists in a laboratory in Berlin, Germany, in 1938 made the first atomic bomb possible, after Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassman discovered nuclear fission. When an atom of radioactive material splits into lighter atoms, there's a sudden, powerful release of energy.

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An atomic bomb was a little overkill and they could have used plenty of other things -Tristen 

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An atomic bomb was a little overkill and they could have used plenty of other things -Tristen 

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I do not think it was necessary. The US could have handled the situation differently.
-Jennifer

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No I do not think that it was necessary to use the atomic bomb. I say this because Japan was already losing in the war but they just weren't giving up. The atomic bomb caused a lot more unnecessary deaths and injuries.

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I don’t think it was because it killed many people without any purpose

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I don’t think it was because it killed many people without any purpose

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It wasn't necessary. They just wanted a quick end to the war but they still could've waited for Japan to surrender.

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I don't know because it ended the war faster but there could of been other options. I think a safer method could of been better.

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i don’t think it was necessary because there were more safer measures they could have taken

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No I don't think it was necessary for ending WW2. As the video clips stated, Japan was already defeated but they used the bomb anyways. If they wanted to show off their power they could do it in another way other than causing the suffering of a bunch of innocent civilians.

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I don’t feel that the bomb was necessary as I feel it was just used for test purposes and showing off the strength of the US military.  Japan even gave up before they were released showing that the US really didn’t care enough

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I did not think that was a good way to handle things for the reason that the US military only sees the atomic bomb as a weapon of war and thats why they use it so irrationally. It also doesn't seem fair for the US to only think about themselves and how it would "save" Americans. They basically take other peoples lives in order to save others. Overall, I disagree with them using the bomb instead of trying to find another solution.

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yes, speaking from the military point of view it brought a quick end to the war, and also gave a message to the soviets.

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I would say it was necessary to an extent. The victims that suffered through the horrible explosions shouldn't have been necessary in order for you to make a statement about why you shouldn't be messed with. But in order to win the actual war, the usage of the bomb was needed. Christopher Restrepo

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I would say it was necessary to an extent. The victims that suffered through the horrible explosions shouldn't have been necessary in order for you to make a statement about why you shouldn't be messed with. But in order to win the actual war, the usage of the bomb was needed. Christopher Restrepo

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I do not think it was necessary because it caused mass destruction & altered many individuals lives. Many people were left helpless due to their loss of homes & families. Everything was destroyed.

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No because i felt as if they could have  had a meeting instead of dropping a bomb on the whole country.A lot of people got hurt that had nothing to do with the disagreement.

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It was necessary because using other alternatives would have not been effective because the Japanese wouldn’t have surrendered, and many Americans would have died unnecessarily.

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Ahmed Shahzad