Atomic Bombs On Hiroshima And Nagasaki

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On August 6th, 1945, Harry S. Truman, President of the U.S, ordered the dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first bomb was dropped on August 6th, 1945 on Hiroshima which resulted in a death toll of around 135,000. The second bomb hit Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945 which killed at least 50,000 people. But the question is, was the U.S justified in dropping the Atomic Bombs? The U.S was justified in dropping the Atomic Bombs for numerous reasons,being that Imperial Japan initiated a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7th, 1941), Imperial Japan kidnapped, tortured, and killed U.S Prisoners of War (P.O.W), and even after all this the U.S gave Japan the chance to surrender before the bombings (The Potsdam Declaration) …show more content…
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor as a preventive action so that the U.S wouldn 't interfere with their plans. Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes were launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged and 4 of them being completely destroyed. The Japanese also damaged and sank three Choi …show more content…
The prisoners weren 't paid, often starved to the point of death. "..I was a white slave. I worked 12 hours a day on a diet of soya beans and seaweed." said P.O.W Harry Carver. They also suffered beatings in which the injuries were so severe they often led to death and on top of the beatings the Americans were humiliated by public rape and torture. Americans who were prisoners were singled out for special brutality by the Japanese as payback for Bataan (Philippines). The American Prisoners of War were frequently shipped to different P.O.W camps located around the Philippines, one of the places they were shipped to was Palawan. On December 14, Japanese aircraft reported that they saw an American convoy, which was actually headed for Mindoro, Philippines but the Japanese thought it was headed for Palawan. All the prisoners were called to the camp in the afternoon. Two American fighter aircraft were

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