Why did we bomb Japan after the attack of Pearl Harbor??
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happened years after the sneak attack at Pearl Harbor. There is not necessarily a cause and effect relationship. At the end of World War II, then President Harry Truman was convinced by his military advisors that invading the home islands of Japan, and conquering the country, would cost more Allied deaths that the entire war in the Pacific had to that point. Dropping the two nuclear bombs was probably rationalized as a method of demoralizing the enemy to the point that the Japanese would surrender, and thus save thousands and thousands of allied soldier’s lives. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were both industrial centers that were crucial to the war effort of Japan. They were large enough that the effect of just one weapon was clearly evident. The centers of these cities were devastated, and the destruction continued for miles, but on the outskirts building were still standing. In other words the Japanese could see exactly what destruction was wrought from
