On the 6th of August in 1945, America detonated an atomic bomb in Hiroshima located in Japan. Just several days after, another nuclear attack was released on Nagasaki. Up to this day, despite the countless debates, people cannot find a consensus on whether the bombardment of the Japanese cities is justified or not. However, dropping atomic weapons on innocent people is atrocious and immoral, and the current essay states that the nuclear strikes on Japan cannot be justified.
The implementation of the atomic bombing is fundamentally unethical, however, there are several other reasons why the nuclear strikes were unnecessary. The first point is the demographic of the destroyed cities – thousands of children and the elderly were killed by the bombings. From the perspective of contemporary international law, such interference resembles state terrorism more than military missions. Another proof of the unnecessary actions by America was the general warfare situation in World War II. According to authorities, Japan was about to capitulate, and the Soviets had already received the surrender overtures seven months before the strikes. However, it was profitable for America to demonstrate the atomic power that the country wielded. The third reason is the futility of the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Having already proved the military superiority by the first attack, America should have canceled the following interventions and saved more than fifty thousand lives.
Summing up, the atomic intervention in Japan should not have happened and cannot be justified. The current essay demonstrates a few key points why the nuclear attacks were unnecessary. They include the demographic of the Japanese cities, the possible surrender of Japan without the nuclear attacks, and the meaningless bombing of Nagasaki. Overall, there was a sufficient number of reasons why America needed to use other measures and not the atomic bombing.