Dropping the Atom Bomb on Japan was unnecessary to end WWII

I’d like to point out that none of my opponent’s sources actually lead to information, but to the home page of the websites. The information that was not on the web I have no way of verifying, so I suggest that voters ignore that information (note, some of my sources may have been mismatched to the numbers, if there are any issues I will gladly rectify them. ) The Japanese were prepared to surrender. Japanese soldiers in WWII were taught off of the code of Bushido, or the ancient code of the Samurai. This code taught that Japanese soldiers do not surrender, this is easily proven through simply looking through Japanese history. In fact, some Japanese soldiers continued to fight 20 years after the war had ended. [1] At Saipan, Japanese women killed their families and committed suicide rather than be taken captive. [1]. Clearly, Japanese civilians were not prepared for surrender yet. Furthermore, the Japanese were warned of the Americans capacity to drop the atom bomb. If they were prepared for surrender, they likely would’ve heeded these warnings. [2] Though it is true that the feelers were sent out, the army and navy would not surrender. [3] Had weakness been perceived in the cabinet, the emperor may have been assassinated. [3] Russia entering the war Firstly, there is no source to back this up. Secondly, there are many recordings of the Japanese surrendering because of Nagasaki. [3] The emperor had stated that he could not bear to see the innocent Japanese killed anymore, which was prompted his surrender. This would not make as much sense had he been talking about the Russians, as the majority of casualties would be soldier casualties compared to the atomic bombs. My opponent is trying to compare regular bombing with the atom bomb. Regular bombing requires weeks of bombing and tons of bombs to even level half of a city, while the atom bomb destroyed the entire city in less than a minute. Generals disagreed with the use of the bomb. Even if generals disagreed, that doesn’t mean that the bomb was unnecessary. People will disagree on many issues. Invasion of the mainland was unnecessary. Invasion of the mainland was completely necessary to shorten the war. Japan had already faced famines and a poor economy leading up to the bombings, yet they had not surrendered. The only way to have ended the war would’ve been to have invaded the mainland and forced a military surrender. The Japanese army would’ve otherwise not surrendered. C1: JAPAN WOULD NOT HAVE SURRENDERED OTHERWISE Straight forward, already mentioned in my clash, the army would not have surrendered. C2: RUSSIA WAS INVADING In order to stop the Russians from invading Japan and potentially establishing communism, the US needed to end the war as quickly as possible in order to stop the Russians. The Americans decided that the dropping of the atom bomb would end the war with an unconditional surrender. [4] This made the dropping of the bomb necessary in order to stop the Russians from invading Japan, furthering bloodshed, spreading communism, and dragging out the war. The resolution has been negated and I have met my BOP. I look forward to my opponent’s response. 1. . http://www.bbc.co.uk... 2. . http://www.worldwar2database.com... 3. . http://www.historynet.com... 4. . http://www.commondreams.org...