The decsion to drop the Atomic Bomb
...e Treaty), Roosevelt began manipulating the Japanese into attacking the U.S... By the use of code breaking, and human intelligence Roosevelt knew well in advance that the attack was going to happen. Pearl Harbor was not a sneak attack, it was a clever manipulation designed to win the support of the American people in a war with the Axis Powers. Although Japan were dupe into the attack, the fact remain that they did attack and the lives lost demanded retribution. Pearl Harbor was not the only crime of Japanese government. The Bataan death march, American soldier’s were marched for four days a without food and water, and if they could not keep up they were shot on the spot. By the end of the war, Japanese soldiers had killed ten of thousands allied prisoners of war. Civilians were placed in front of Japanese lines to detonate mines and to draw American fire. Japan was clearly in violation of the Geneva conventions. The Japanese military leaders were not willing to surrender, they decided to honor the military code of bushido and fight to the death. The invasions of Japan would take the lives of over 45 thousand soldiers. America had lost close to 20 thousand troops invading Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The thought of losing another 45 thousand was unthinkable. American war planner knew the Japanese were deploying more troop and building better defenses. As there numbers grew an...