OnJuly26thandAugust6thof1945,twoatombombsLittleboyandFatmanwerethrownintheairaboveHiroshimaandNagasaki。Thesetwoatombombsbecametheonlynuclearweaponappliedtorealbattlefield。ThousandsofJapanesecitizenswerekilledatonceandcountlesssufferedfromradiuseffectorfurtherillnesses。Dowereallyneedtothrowthosetwoatombombs?Probablyyes。First,theUSsoldierssufferedalotwhentheyweregoingtoconquerIwoJimaandOkinawa。4900USMarineSoldierswerekilledontheislands,1900missinganddiedofwounds,and19,200soldierswoundedfromthisbattle。《Chen》WhileJapanesesolderspricetheirdeathtotheemperorasthemosthonorablethingtheycando,UScitizens,aswellasthegovernment,cannottoleratesuchabigprice。Afterusingtoxics,airstrikesandflamethrowers,generalsfoundthattheycannotthingawaytobeatthoseJapaneseupwithoutpayingahugecost。FromanestimationoftheUSgovernment,theycannotwinthebattlewithoutsending1,000,000soldierstodeath,whichisacrazynumberforalltheUSpeople。Inthiscase,atombombsbecamethemostefficientwaytoendthesebattles。Secondly,JapanesedoKamikazealotonOkinawabattlefield《aswellasotherbattlefields》:Atoneplace,wesattogetherandhitthegrenadeontheground,butitdidnotexplode,shesaidlastweekofherflightwithfriendsafterJapanesesoldierstoldthemtokillthemselvesratherthanbetakencaptive。《JamesBrooke》Itisneverworthittosendsoldierstodeathwithsuicidebombers。Onanotherhand,suchdirtystrategymusthasmadeUSsoldierafraidoffightingthoseKamikazebombers。WhichdidharmtothecourageoftheUSarmy。Thirdly,eveniftheJapanesewerealmostdefeated,theystillhadlotsofarmoredvehiclesaswellasships。WhichmeansitwouldtakemoretimefortheUSorUSSRtodefeattheJapanesethoroughly。WhileJapanesegovernmenttreatedthewarasthemostimportantthingofitscountry,theUSneverwantstobetrappedintheswampofwarwithJapan。Thusthe2atombombsarealsosignals,tellingtheJapanesethatthere’snowayforthemtowinthisbattle,theonlychoiceistosurrender,orwatchmorecitizenskilled。Inthiscase,the2atombombsdidagoodjobinshortentheprocessionofthewar。Lastbutnotleast,althoughJapanwasanenemyoftheUS,theUSneverrecognizedUSSRasanally。AstheSovietredarmybeatupJapaneseinnorthernChina,theUShastoconsiderwhethertheRussianswouldconquersomelandfromJapanorgrabsomeresourcesliketheydidinChinaornot。Nobodywanttoseeothersstealingtheprizeofvictoryafteracruelandtiringwar。AndtheydidknowthattheUSSRgotalmostthesamemilitarypowerliketheydo,owningthousandsofISseriestanksandbattleships,theyareevenclosertoJapanthentheUSmilitarydid。SotheUSgovernmenthastotaketheUSSRintoconsiderasahidingthreat,it’salsoanalarmtellingtheUSSRthatwe’vemadethissuperbrokenbigboss,don’teventrytoengagewithme。Whichisagoodchoicefromtheperspectiveofpresent。Althoughtheatombombsdidwellinshortenthetimeofthewar,italsoledtothefollowingcoldwar,soevenifitdidwellforthewar,itstartedanewwar。Butit’sstillamustdoworktothrowthosetwobombs。