To many American citizens, entering the war was considered to be nothing to worry about and seemingly in the distant future, since the United States had just recently ended the Great Depression. However, when the U.S. was pulled into the war, World War II,
First of all, many Americans wanted to avoid the conflict happening in Europe prior to 1941, due to the fact that the United States had just gotten out of the Great Depression. Most knew that getting involved would potentially harm the economy once again by spending money on warfare, hence jeopardizing recovery; which is why 25% of United States citizens believed that they should not give aid to either Germany or Britain (Doc 1). However, attitudes quickly shifted once the Japanese launched …show more content…
Truman. Although Europe was liberated, only half of the battle was over and the battle with the Japanese was still yet to come. President Truman knew that the Japanese would fight to their fullest potential and saw that as the U.S. was getting closer and closer to the island and the Japanese were doing their new tactic; the kamikaze, which is a suicide plane strategy killing the pilot and target. In order to ultimately put an end to the war, Truman believed the only way was to launch an atomic bomb on Japan. Due to the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) an atomic bomb was built at a much faster rate under the secret codename the Manhattan Project. President Truman was weary about using the atomic bomb and asked for advice from his top military advisors and even Winston Churchill if it should be used; to which they all agreed that it should (Doc 8). On August 6, 1945, the U.S had dropped the first atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on Hiroshima and three days later the atomic bomb “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki; destroying the land and the people that inhabited it. Truman knew that using the bomb would forever change the war game and that dropping the bomb as well as creating it, lead to potentially more deadly and harmful
First of all, many Americans wanted to avoid the conflict happening in Europe prior to 1941, due to the fact that the United States had just gotten out of the Great Depression. Most knew that getting involved would potentially harm the economy once again by spending money on warfare, hence jeopardizing recovery; which is why 25% of United States citizens believed that they should not give aid to either Germany or Britain (Doc 1). However, attitudes quickly shifted once the Japanese launched …show more content…
Truman. Although Europe was liberated, only half of the battle was over and the battle with the Japanese was still yet to come. President Truman knew that the Japanese would fight to their fullest potential and saw that as the U.S. was getting closer and closer to the island and the Japanese were doing their new tactic; the kamikaze, which is a suicide plane strategy killing the pilot and target. In order to ultimately put an end to the war, Truman believed the only way was to launch an atomic bomb on Japan. Due to the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) an atomic bomb was built at a much faster rate under the secret codename the Manhattan Project. President Truman was weary about using the atomic bomb and asked for advice from his top military advisors and even Winston Churchill if it should be used; to which they all agreed that it should (Doc 8). On August 6, 1945, the U.S had dropped the first atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on Hiroshima and three days later the atomic bomb “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki; destroying the land and the people that inhabited it. Truman knew that using the bomb would forever change the war game and that dropping the bomb as well as creating it, lead to potentially more deadly and harmful