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Originally Posted by StdDev
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Originally Posted by Platapus
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from the United States standpoint, there was one good reason for using the Atomic weapons on Japan.
People in the United States were getting real tired of the war. It was costing the US mucho money and lives and people were tired. FDR recognized that after almost five years, the citizens were losing patience with the government. If you review the newspapers of the time, it is surprising at how unpopular the war was in 1945. Things were not all that swell back home politically. The Democratic party, while willing an unprecedented fourth term, was garnering less and less popular votes every term. The use of the Atomic weapons were a viable way of bringing the war to a quick end.
It is possible that the decision to use the Atomic bombs was more political vice military.
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There was also a very real desire to conclude the war before uncle Joe could get too involved.
By ending the war quickly the US and England could effectively keep Russia from claiming any of the "spoils of war".. which undoubtedly is a good thing.
Look what the situation was in Germany after the war (West/East Berlin etc..), Imagine what the situation could have been like in Japan!
The US knew that the Soviets were going to be one of the biggest problem in the post war world, and ending the war before the Russians were invested in the Pacific theater was a deliberate agenda. |
You are exactly right!
That was one of the other factors of using the bomb, was to keep the Russkies out of the region.