Introductory

        World War II was one of the worst wars in the history of mankind. It also had the worst ending, the U.S. dropping two atomic bombs on Japan. The United States was justified in making the tough decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan because it ended the war quickly saving american lives, and retaliated against the Japanese for their earlier surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. If Truman didn't make the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, it would have led to the death of an estimated amount of over 250,000 people. Japan purposely decieved America prior to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by sending messages wanting peace and showing no sign of intentions for war. Japan then bombed our Navy base at Pearl Harbor, killing 2,400 American soldiers, injuring 1,250, almost 100 civilian casualties, destroyed 9 battleships, 3 destroyers, 3 cruisers, 343 aircraft,and 3 auxiliaries. The day after, Roosevelt delivered his famous infamy speech to Congress, and called for a formal declaration of war on the Empire of Japan. The Japanese refused to surrender throughout the war, and committed horrible atrocities to innocent people during their fight. They killed countless civilians and forced 75,000 Allied troops to march 65 miles to a camp in the Phillipines, causing over 10,000 of them to die of starvation, fatigue, and exposure. The Japanese were ruthless and would of kept fighting without surrender if the U.S. didn't drop the atomic bombs.