Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Yes, Japan was doomed to fail. This can be concluded from the following reasons:
1) Japan did not have sufficient resources to last.
Japan was fighting against the USA, which was a large country with many resources. This was already a disadvantage to the Japan. The human resources of USA was so much more than those in Japan, and because of that, the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was not a very big impact. Why so? Because the USA had adequate human resources to repair the damaged ships and vessels to recover quickly. The Japanese didn't bomb the oil tank and battle ships because they thought that it would be useful to them, but things did not really turn out the way they expected.
Also, the human resources to be used as troops the USA had outnumbered the troops Japan had. When the Europe war ended, other Allies could come and help USA to fight Japan, and due to this, the human resources that Japan used to defend would be more than those used to attack. This would cause a great loss in human resources. Therefore, it was more difficult to fight on when you are outnumbered. The USA also had more raw materials, fuel and industrial output than the Japanese, which were important resources for them in war. Since Japan already had a shortage of resources as compared to the USA, she was doomed to fail.
2) The impact of the atomic bombs.
The impact of the two atomic bombs which were dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan, was so great that 120,000 people were killed on the spot. Buildings were destroyed and food chain was also affected. Before these two bombs were dropped, there were two battles which caused many people to die. During the battle of Iwo-Jima, about 22,000 people died, and during the battle of Okinawa, 150,000 civilians died and 100,000 soldiers died.
Indeed these two atomic bombs made Japan surrender, but why didn't they do so earlier when they already had so many casualties during the battle of Okinawa and Iwo-Jima? The Japanese had the cult of emperor, therefore they would not give up or surrender easily. They insisted on fighting on even after so many people had died, therefore the dropping of the atomic bombs was the deciding factor of their surrender.
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All in all, I feel that Japan should not have fought a war that could not be won. They knew that they were doomed to fail because their resources were so much lesser than the USA, but they still fought on. Even though the spirit of never giving up is good, but this time, Japan brought suffering upon herself.
1) Japan did not have sufficient resources to last.
Japan was fighting against the USA, which was a large country with many resources. This was already a disadvantage to the Japan. The human resources of USA was so much more than those in Japan, and because of that, the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was not a very big impact. Why so? Because the USA had adequate human resources to repair the damaged ships and vessels to recover quickly. The Japanese didn't bomb the oil tank and battle ships because they thought that it would be useful to them, but things did not really turn out the way they expected.
Also, the human resources to be used as troops the USA had outnumbered the troops Japan had. When the Europe war ended, other Allies could come and help USA to fight Japan, and due to this, the human resources that Japan used to defend would be more than those used to attack. This would cause a great loss in human resources. Therefore, it was more difficult to fight on when you are outnumbered. The USA also had more raw materials, fuel and industrial output than the Japanese, which were important resources for them in war. Since Japan already had a shortage of resources as compared to the USA, she was doomed to fail.
2) The impact of the atomic bombs.
The impact of the two atomic bombs which were dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan, was so great that 120,000 people were killed on the spot. Buildings were destroyed and food chain was also affected. Before these two bombs were dropped, there were two battles which caused many people to die. During the battle of Iwo-Jima, about 22,000 people died, and during the battle of Okinawa, 150,000 civilians died and 100,000 soldiers died.
Indeed these two atomic bombs made Japan surrender, but why didn't they do so earlier when they already had so many casualties during the battle of Okinawa and Iwo-Jima? The Japanese had the cult of emperor, therefore they would not give up or surrender easily. They insisted on fighting on even after so many people had died, therefore the dropping of the atomic bombs was the deciding factor of their surrender.
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All in all, I feel that Japan should not have fought a war that could not be won. They knew that they were doomed to fail because their resources were so much lesser than the USA, but they still fought on. Even though the spirit of never giving up is good, but this time, Japan brought suffering upon herself.
what we could have been, 10:19 AM.
