Dropping the Ethical Bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
“Japan was already defeated and dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary"
(IHR). These were not the words of a leftist author, or world renowned historian. Nay, these have been the recorded words of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe and future president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. “Dropping the bomb” does not relate to the hundreds of tons of hellish fire bombs that laid waste to Tokyo and Osake. It relates to the two atomic bombs called “Fat man” and “Little Boy” that has fallen on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, three days apart from one another. According to a Pew Research Center survey composed in 2015, 56% of American citizens believed that the bombing …show more content…
Typically these are the words mouthed by American civilian authorities such as Truman himself. However, there are no pieces of evidence to back up these claims at the time. In fact, the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey reported, "Certainly prior to 31 December 1945, and in all probability prior to 1 November 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped"(Washington Examiner). Basically before the time the Americans have dropped the two atomic bombs, in the words of Henry H. Arnold, "The Japanese position was hopeless even before the first atomic bomb fell because the Japanese had lost control of their own air" (TheNation). Also, another point to mention is that Japan’s superior Navy which has been considered by many to be even better than the British have been obliterated. This leaves the sovereign island nation of Japan the inability to import or create food, oil, and industrial supplies needed to carry on the second world …show more content…
“70 years after Hiroshima, opinions have shifted on use of atomic bomb.” Pew Research Center, 4 Aug. 2015, www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/04/70-years-after-hiroshima-opinions-have-shifted-on-use-of-atomic-bomb/.
Alperovitz, Gar. “The War Was Won Before Hiroshima-And the Generals Who Dropped the Bomb Knew It.” The Nation, 5 Aug. 2015, www.thenation.com/article/why-the-us-really-bombed-hiroshima/.
Carney, Timothy P. “Politics.” Washington Examiner, Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2013, www.washingtonexaminer.com/it-wasnt-necessary-to-hit-them-with-that-awful-thing-why-dropping-the-a-bombs-was-wrong/article/2534018.
Hudson, Kate. “Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.” Hiroshima - the truth about the bombing, 6 Aug. 2013, www.cnduk.org/cnd-media/item/1725-hiroshima-the-truth-about-the-bombing.
“Japan's Struggle to End War.” Key Issues: Nuclear Weapons: History: Pre Cold War: Hiroshima and Nagasaki: US. Bomb Survey: Summary Report, nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/pre-cold-war/hiroshima-nagasaki/us-bomb-survey-summary-report.htm
Weber, Mark. “INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL REVIEW.” Was Hiroshima Necessary?,
“Japan was already defeated and dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary"
(IHR). These were not the words of a leftist author, or world renowned historian. Nay, these have been the recorded words of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe and future president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. “Dropping the bomb” does not relate to the hundreds of tons of hellish fire bombs that laid waste to Tokyo and Osake. It relates to the two atomic bombs called “Fat man” and “Little Boy” that has fallen on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, three days apart from one another. According to a Pew Research Center survey composed in 2015, 56% of American citizens believed that the bombing …show more content…
Typically these are the words mouthed by American civilian authorities such as Truman himself. However, there are no pieces of evidence to back up these claims at the time. In fact, the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey reported, "Certainly prior to 31 December 1945, and in all probability prior to 1 November 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped"(Washington Examiner). Basically before the time the Americans have dropped the two atomic bombs, in the words of Henry H. Arnold, "The Japanese position was hopeless even before the first atomic bomb fell because the Japanese had lost control of their own air" (TheNation). Also, another point to mention is that Japan’s superior Navy which has been considered by many to be even better than the British have been obliterated. This leaves the sovereign island nation of Japan the inability to import or create food, oil, and industrial supplies needed to carry on the second world …show more content…
“70 years after Hiroshima, opinions have shifted on use of atomic bomb.” Pew Research Center, 4 Aug. 2015, www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/04/70-years-after-hiroshima-opinions-have-shifted-on-use-of-atomic-bomb/.
Alperovitz, Gar. “The War Was Won Before Hiroshima-And the Generals Who Dropped the Bomb Knew It.” The Nation, 5 Aug. 2015, www.thenation.com/article/why-the-us-really-bombed-hiroshima/.
Carney, Timothy P. “Politics.” Washington Examiner, Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2013, www.washingtonexaminer.com/it-wasnt-necessary-to-hit-them-with-that-awful-thing-why-dropping-the-a-bombs-was-wrong/article/2534018.
Hudson, Kate. “Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.” Hiroshima - the truth about the bombing, 6 Aug. 2013, www.cnduk.org/cnd-media/item/1725-hiroshima-the-truth-about-the-bombing.
“Japan's Struggle to End War.” Key Issues: Nuclear Weapons: History: Pre Cold War: Hiroshima and Nagasaki: US. Bomb Survey: Summary Report, nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/pre-cold-war/hiroshima-nagasaki/us-bomb-survey-summary-report.htm
Weber, Mark. “INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL REVIEW.” Was Hiroshima Necessary?,