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A 6 page paper discussing how the decision to use atomic bombs on Japanese cities saved lives. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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these countries in the Far East stood mostly undefended and at the mercy of the Japanese (Argyle 80). Historians have questioned the wisdom of Admiral Yamamoto, Japans military
commander, in ordering the attack on Pearl Harbor, when the result was a full-fledged war with the Americans, transferring their attention from the European theater to the South Pacific (Argyle
80). Yamamoto was convinced that the crippling of the American fleet in Pearl Harbor would result in a sure victory for Japan against his super-battleship, the Yamato, and other
smaller crafts which had been constructed in preparation for the Japanese offensive (Argyle 80). For six months after the declaration of war, Japan continued its onslaught in the
South Pacific until the decisive Battle of Midway when the American naval and military forces decisively defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet. Yamamotos attacks on several different fronts along with
work by American cryptographers in deciphering secret Japanese messages resulted in a crippling defeat which put the Japanese on the defensive in the South Pacific (Argyle 96-97). With the unconditional
surrender of Germany in May of 1945, American attention turned to the war in the Pacific against Japan. Naval and Air Force bombing raids over Tokyo and the advance
of the American and allied fleets into the waters nearing Japan signaled the hope of many in the United States for the end of the war, but the Japanese continued
fighting due to their cultural beliefs that it was more honorable to die than to admit defeat. On June 18, 1945, General Douglas McArthur presented to General George
C. Marshall his plans for the all-out invasion of Japan by American and allied forces (Allen 19). President Harry S. Truman approved McArthurs plan and later recalled that General
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