Fat Man and Little Boy, the two bombs used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Americans weren’t justified to drop the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Atomic bomb explosions were so big it completely leveled out Hiroshima and Nagasaki there were about 9 buildings still standing after Little Boy hit Hiroshima and about 7 buildings standing after Fat Man hit Nagasaki. The Americans knew the bombs would completely wipe out the whole cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki within seconds of the bomb making contact with the ground. The Americans knew they were winning the war and they knew if they ordered their troops to push in more the Japanese would have surrendered. The Americans were not justified to drop the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Americans wanted the Japanese to stay in the war until they were finished with the Atomic bomb so they could test it on humans. The Americans could have ended the war three months before they finished making Little Boy and Fat Man to bomb the Japanese. (Mullins) Fat Man’s explosive force is 21,000 tons of TNT equivalent the Americans wanted to completely wipe out the Japanese city Nagasaki. (Little Boy and Fat Man)
The American scientist wanted to test the Atom bomb on live humans so the Americans …show more content…
The Germans were planning on making the Atom bombs before the Americans. The droppings of the Atomic bomb triggered Japan to surrender and this ended the war. This incident saved thousands of lives of American soldiers. Talks of peace were much easier to develop due to the fear the bomb dropping caused the rest of the world. It showed to the rest of the world that America is superior because of their possession of Atomic weapons. It prevented a massive amount of United States civilians from possibly losing their lives, along with soldiers. (“Pros and Cons of dropping the Atomic