Atomic Bomb Essay

ever atomic bomb was ready to be tested. This weapon was by no means just an experiment meant to store away and have in the event that conflict broke out and the US needed an effective way to protect itself from the offenders. The creation behind this weapon was solely to force Japan to surrender and allow the end of World War II. However, using it had been questionable ever since its initial creation, and especially after it had been tested for effectiveness. A weapon as powerful as the atomic…

single piece of cargo that it carried. For this plane carried in its belly, the first atomic bomb that was used in a populated area. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. These two events left an undeniable impact and profound effects that will…

Atomic bomb or also known as A-bomb is a weapon that derived from nuclear energy through the fission of heavy atomic nuclei. Just before the beginning of World War II, in August of 1939, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning him about the Germans effort to create the Atomic Bomb (G. Dannens, 1996). According to “Manhattan Project” article from U.S History online textbook, President Franklin D. Roosevelt took action by starting a research at Columbia University…

scenarios but it has been used in a few desperate occasion. On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, which ended WWII shortly after. The decision to drop the bomb has been criticized even before it was ever dropped. The use of the atomic bomb was justified because the bomb was the quickest way to end the war and saved millions of American lives. Not only did the bomb save more lives but also a recovering economy. An all out war would have created more economic…

dropped the bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan; it left the world in utter shock as to what modern warfare had come to. The world today now views and controls the use of nuclear weapons differently due to the impact of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On August 6th, 1945 history was made when the “Little Boy”, an atomic bomb, was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Two days later on August 8, 1946 the “Fat Man” bomb successfully dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Those bombs…

United States History – Period 4 16 December, 2016 Atomic Bomb Essay It was 1945. WWII was beginning to grow tiresome, and the United States wanted to end the massive amount of deaths that the constant fighting resulted in. Scientists had recently discovered how to split the nuclei of certain elements, creating an immense amount of energy. More studies led to the creation of the atomic bomb, and the U.S. began to test it, preparing for attack. The bomb seemed to be the only way to get Japan to…

Finally on August 15th, 1945, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II during a radio address, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” In response during 1947, the Secretary of War Henry Stimson, responded by saying the use of the atomic bomb was terrible thing to do but better than any alternative. From Document 3, Stimson says “But this deliberate, premeditated destruction was our least abhorrent alternative. The…

The debate over whether President Truman should have dropped the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki has occurred over decades. There are many people who the favor other options to dropping the bomb, because they feel as if the thousands of innocent Japanese citizens who lost their lives could have been spared. They believe dropping the bombs were not necessary to winning the war. However, this researcher has come to the conclusion that, though this incident was tragic, nuclear warfare was…

a body and an entire city placed in ruin are alongside a table of estimated casualties from the bombs which are said to be around 135,000 in Hiroshima and 64,000 in Nagasaki (Doc 5). The US Government's unwillingness to give any potential leeway for a response or Surrender, is only proof that they had no intention of ending the war without large casualties. There is not much proof for the atomic bombs causing the surrender of Japanese forces, since they were also harshly bombed in tokyo, where…

On August sixth, nineteen forty five, President Harry S. Truman announced the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, promising to the United States, that “[the United States] shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war” (Truman). Japan’s largest cities were struggling, with a reduced food supply and being dependent on railroads for survival. A significant number of Japanese soldier had been killed in attacks. Still, the Japanese leaders refused to accept an unconditional surrender, and the…