The Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bombs

On the 6th day of August in 1945, the United States of America dropped the first Atomic Bomb to ever be used in warfare on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later, in Nagasaki, another was dropped. No one can contest that the events of these days were some of the darkest in history. However, what is contestable, is the validity of the United States decision to drop the Atomic Bombs. Some historians would argue that it was necessary to attain peace for all those involved in the second world war. In reality, through the analysis of the United States decision, including who advised against it, and the direct results of this choice, one can certainly determine that it was unnecessary and did more harm than good. The United States decision to drop the atomic bomb had, and continues to have, a significant negative impact on the people of Japan; effects that the American government was aware of prior to their decision. President Truman's decision has been debated by historians for years, and there has yet to be a …show more content…
Lead by William S. Parsons, the Manhattan Project focused on the “design and assembly of [the Atomic] bomb” 1. With over 200,00 people involved, it was, and still is, one of the largest grand-scale secret operations in the history of the world. Those involved “nursed the bomb, coaxed it, and lavished attention on it” and were “intimately familiar with every bolt, fuse, and wire”2. The unfortunate fact is that each member of the Manhattan Project were acutely aware that they were creating a weapon that would rend entire cities asunder. After the scientists involved had finished creating the bomb, they were left with the question of how to employ it. While many ideas were discussed, it was ultimately decided to simply drop it on the cities with pure malice. However, there was one more problem to attend to before Truman could order this; determining the strength of their new