The Decision of Dropping the Atom Bombs on Japan
World War 2, the most destructive war in all of history, its exact cost in human lives is
unknown, but casualties in World War II may have totaled 50 million service personnel and
civilians killed. Nations suffering the highest losses, military and civilian, in descending order,
were the USSR, Germany, China, and Japan. The most controversial loss was that of Japan
from the decisions made to drop atom bombs that were looked at as the most devastating
weapons the world has ever seen. Many knew that the development of this weapon would
devastate opposing militaries and governments, but was such a weapon needed at this point of
the war nearing its end or did someone have to be made …show more content…
Had they managed to do so, they could have used it to destroy Britain and the Soviet
Union, and eventually threaten the U.S. itself (Huber). On December 2, 1942, scientists in
Chicago succeeded in starting a nuclear chain reaction, demonstrating the possibility of
unleashing atomic power (Digital History). By the time the Manhattan Project was near to
Wayne Edwards Jr.
October 29, 2014
Mrs. Dawn Hayden
producing a prototype atomic bomb in late 1944, a year of unexpected victories by the Red
Army on the eastern front had sapped the ability of the Wehrmacht to resist Allied advances in
the West. As the winter went by, it began to seem increasingly likely that Germany would be
defeated before the atomic bomb was ready for use. In fact, the final collapse of Nazi Germany
occurred two months before the first atomic bomb prototype was tested at Alamogordo
(Huber). On April 12, 1945 Franklin Roosevelt died, and Harry Truman became the 33rd
President of the United States (Nuclear Files). On April 25, 13 days after the death of FDR,
President Truman, was briefed about the Manhattan Project. Secretary of War Henry
World War 2, the most destructive war in all of history, its exact cost in human lives is
unknown, but casualties in World War II may have totaled 50 million service personnel and
civilians killed. Nations suffering the highest losses, military and civilian, in descending order,
were the USSR, Germany, China, and Japan. The most controversial loss was that of Japan
from the decisions made to drop atom bombs that were looked at as the most devastating
weapons the world has ever seen. Many knew that the development of this weapon would
devastate opposing militaries and governments, but was such a weapon needed at this point of
the war nearing its end or did someone have to be made …show more content…
Had they managed to do so, they could have used it to destroy Britain and the Soviet
Union, and eventually threaten the U.S. itself (Huber). On December 2, 1942, scientists in
Chicago succeeded in starting a nuclear chain reaction, demonstrating the possibility of
unleashing atomic power (Digital History). By the time the Manhattan Project was near to
Wayne Edwards Jr.
October 29, 2014
Mrs. Dawn Hayden
producing a prototype atomic bomb in late 1944, a year of unexpected victories by the Red
Army on the eastern front had sapped the ability of the Wehrmacht to resist Allied advances in
the West. As the winter went by, it began to seem increasingly likely that Germany would be
defeated before the atomic bomb was ready for use. In fact, the final collapse of Nazi Germany
occurred two months before the first atomic bomb prototype was tested at Alamogordo
(Huber). On April 12, 1945 Franklin Roosevelt died, and Harry Truman became the 33rd
President of the United States (Nuclear Files). On April 25, 13 days after the death of FDR,
President Truman, was briefed about the Manhattan Project. Secretary of War Henry