"Hell no, no second thoughts. If you give me the same circumstances, hell yeah, I 'd do it again," exclaimed Paul Tibbets. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland which led Britain and France to declare war on Germany, Hitler 's Nazi state, which started the second world war. Due to world war 1, the United States (U.S.) passed Neutrality Acts to prevent involvements in future wars. However, when Japan bombing Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, which was an American naval base, the United States could no longer be in neutrality and finally joined world war 2 going against the Axis Power which consisted of the alliance of Japan, Germany, and Italy. On the contrary, the result of ending the war with Japan by dropping the world’s first atomic
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After the atomic bomb struck Japan, many people suffered from the aftermath of the radiations and the “acid rains” which was raindrops containing particles from the atmosphere containing carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Radiation from the bomb penetrated deeply into human body and cells, and thus molecules, resulting in cell death, inhibited cell division, abnormalities of intracellular molecules and membranes. Since the atomic bomb was the first nuclear bomb ever made, the sideeffects of the radiation was unknown. Being tested on humans, especially the Japanese, made it seem like they were just an experiment, like a mouse in a laboratory. “This is not war, this is not even murder; this is pure nihilism… a crime against God which strikes at the very basis of moral existence”(Japanese Nippon Times). The reasons that the United states decided to use this unknown nuclear weapon on Hiroshima was not for military purposes but because they wanted to know the outcomes from something brand new and if it was a successful investment. Obviously, any Japanese with ancestors that passed from the war would conclude that the bomb was unethical, but also in a survey in America asking whether it was a wise decision to use the bomb, the results came out as, “It is the Survey’s opinion that certainly prior to 31 December 1945, and in all probability prior to 1 …show more content…
The main reason why the U.S. joined the war is because of the attack made by Japan. Even after all its allies in the axis power surrendered, the commitment of winning, or losing, with honor was driving Japan to persisting and fight till the end. The atomic bomb was a way to prevent American blood from getting shed and Japan from creating war after everything settled like
After the atomic bomb struck Japan, many people suffered from the aftermath of the radiations and the “acid rains” which was raindrops containing particles from the atmosphere containing carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Radiation from the bomb penetrated deeply into human body and cells, and thus molecules, resulting in cell death, inhibited cell division, abnormalities of intracellular molecules and membranes. Since the atomic bomb was the first nuclear bomb ever made, the sideeffects of the radiation was unknown. Being tested on humans, especially the Japanese, made it seem like they were just an experiment, like a mouse in a laboratory. “This is not war, this is not even murder; this is pure nihilism… a crime against God which strikes at the very basis of moral existence”(Japanese Nippon Times). The reasons that the United states decided to use this unknown nuclear weapon on Hiroshima was not for military purposes but because they wanted to know the outcomes from something brand new and if it was a successful investment. Obviously, any Japanese with ancestors that passed from the war would conclude that the bomb was unethical, but also in a survey in America asking whether it was a wise decision to use the bomb, the results came out as, “It is the Survey’s opinion that certainly prior to 31 December 1945, and in all probability prior to 1 …show more content…
The main reason why the U.S. joined the war is because of the attack made by Japan. Even after all its allies in the axis power surrendered, the commitment of winning, or losing, with honor was driving Japan to persisting and fight till the end. The atomic bomb was a way to prevent American blood from getting shed and Japan from creating war after everything settled like