Well-ordering principle: why it is needed to state, and then make use?

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I tried to see the well-ordering principle and its necessity.

In many reference, including Wikipedia I found only statement and applications of it, or its equivalence with mathematical induction.

But, I want to see, what kind of logical problems force us to make it as an axiom?

Can one state some problems, which force us to make the statement of well-ordering on natural numbers, and then use it as an axiom?