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Was the US justified in Dropping Atomic Bombs on Japan?
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Americans were justifying their acts of the atomic bombing on Japan by claiming that it prevented the death of more Americans by bringing an end to WW2. However, soon after Japan’s surrender, it was revealed that the US had been encouraging the Soviet Union to declare war on Japan which happened on August 8, 1945. It was evident that the Soviet’s declaration on the horizon would terrify Japan - back then, the Japanese government suppressed communist movements (The Red Scare) because they signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany and Italy. 
 
Thus, the US did not necessarily have to rush on putting their A-bombing plan into action because it was only a matter of time before Japan surrendered and the close of WW2. Furthermore, even without the usage of atomic bombing or invasion, there was a high possibility that Japan might surrender due to a severe supply shortage. 
 
The principal reason that explains the rush is that for the US to announce the shape of the post-war world, they had to intimidate and prevent the Soviet Union from extending control over Asia including Japan. It was obvious by the end of the war that the Soviets will fill the power void left by a decimated Germany. 
 
So intimidation, especially where the fatal denotation of nuclear weapons was concerned, became an important and effective strategy for limiting Soviet expansion so-called “Nuclear deterrence/Atomic diplomacy”. This has been a central element of American security policy since the Cold War began. 
 
 
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