Was The Atomic Bomb Used To Stop Soviet Expansion? :: American America History

Was The Atomic Bomb Used To Stop Soviet Expansion?There has been a long- standing debate on wherefore the atomic betray was used to defeat Japan. The threat of Russian advancement in Europe and in Asia was enough to worry the top officials in the united States and British governments. Wherever Russia would go, they would conquer that area for themselves. The imminent invasion of mainland Japan and the confederative casualties that came with it were also a factor in the decision to drop the bomb. If the allied forces had invaded mainland Japan, many lives on both sides would have been lost, probably more than there lost in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki put to captivateher. The tactics that the allies had used up to this point cost hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides. This was when the Japanese only had maybe two or three thousand men on an island whereas on the mainland millions of populate would fight until their death to protect their country. Can you imagine if the Americans invaded mainland Japan, where they had not only soldiers to fight against but also the citizens of Japan? Massive destruction, immense loss of life, and the prolonging of the war until late 1946, would result to invading on foot instead of using the bomb. Revenge also played a role in the decision to bomb Japan. The Japanese were not following the Geneva Convention in regards to treatment of prisoners of war. This document says that prisoners are not to be put through torture of fleshly or psychological nature. The Japanese refused to comply that and would decapitate American prisoners, or shove bamboo shoots under their fingernails. The American government also wanted revenge for the perplexity attack on Pearl Harbor. The Russia territorial expansion definitely played a factor in the dropping of the bomb. The Soviet Union had already interpreted Poland and many other countries during the war. The Soviets were helping the Chinese with the war against Japan and woul d later get the railroads in China and Manchuria when Japan completely surrendered. The Americans did not want Russia to get involved in the war against Japan.