“Was America Justified In Their Usage Of The Atomic Bomb On The Two Cities Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki?”
“ When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.”- J Robert Oppenheimer. In August of 1945, President Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb over the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. This decision was made because the Emperors of Japan, Hirohito refused to surrender amidst the growing fear of a full on invasion. The decision was made to make the Empire Of Japan surrender and to end the Second World War. This was the first ever time in the …show more content…
Opposing sides might state that the United States of America did not have bomb the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war. They state that they should have told them the date when they would have been bombed, and the city that would have been bombed, that way they could have saved human lives. This would have been the incorrect thing to do because if Japan was told, they would move their citizens out of the area, and they would have moved POW from all countries that had fought in the Pacific into the area, that way they would have been killed. And they would have also shot down the bomb. The Japanese were finatic in the art of war and they would have been willing to make any sacrifice to win the war. If we told them they would just move their citizens out of the way and then kept on fighting, leading us to do a full on invasion. Another argument that people that do not see America as justified pose is that the atomic bomb killed more than 300,000 civilians and caused massive radiation poisoning that lasted for generation. It is true that it is heartbreak that 300,000 people died from the attack. But it was less heartbreaking than the truth that millions of soldiers families would have to hear that their family members have been killed in the planned out invasion of Japan. This invasion would have taken the estimated lives of millions of people, and …show more content…
The atomic bomb made a mushroom cloud that end up 30,000 feet into the air. The temperature was 5,500 degrees celsius, hotter than the surface of the sun. The people, that were under the atomic bomb were disintegrated, there atoms turned into liquid, and gas that went into the air. The atomic bomb was so radioactive that anybody who say it blow up was contaminated with radiation that gave them any and all types of cancer. The atomic bomb also made some people blind. But from the ashes Japan rose, and rebuilt stronger than ever, even getting the own atomic bomb. they became the worlds fort strongest economy, and helped the world rebuild after the Second World
“ When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.”- J Robert Oppenheimer. In August of 1945, President Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb over the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. This decision was made because the Emperors of Japan, Hirohito refused to surrender amidst the growing fear of a full on invasion. The decision was made to make the Empire Of Japan surrender and to end the Second World War. This was the first ever time in the …show more content…
Opposing sides might state that the United States of America did not have bomb the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war. They state that they should have told them the date when they would have been bombed, and the city that would have been bombed, that way they could have saved human lives. This would have been the incorrect thing to do because if Japan was told, they would move their citizens out of the area, and they would have moved POW from all countries that had fought in the Pacific into the area, that way they would have been killed. And they would have also shot down the bomb. The Japanese were finatic in the art of war and they would have been willing to make any sacrifice to win the war. If we told them they would just move their citizens out of the way and then kept on fighting, leading us to do a full on invasion. Another argument that people that do not see America as justified pose is that the atomic bomb killed more than 300,000 civilians and caused massive radiation poisoning that lasted for generation. It is true that it is heartbreak that 300,000 people died from the attack. But it was less heartbreaking than the truth that millions of soldiers families would have to hear that their family members have been killed in the planned out invasion of Japan. This invasion would have taken the estimated lives of millions of people, and …show more content…
The atomic bomb made a mushroom cloud that end up 30,000 feet into the air. The temperature was 5,500 degrees celsius, hotter than the surface of the sun. The people, that were under the atomic bomb were disintegrated, there atoms turned into liquid, and gas that went into the air. The atomic bomb was so radioactive that anybody who say it blow up was contaminated with radiation that gave them any and all types of cancer. The atomic bomb also made some people blind. But from the ashes Japan rose, and rebuilt stronger than ever, even getting the own atomic bomb. they became the worlds fort strongest economy, and helped the world rebuild after the Second World