Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

In the 1940s, the atomic bomb was undergoing development and in August of 1945, the first non-test atomic bomb was dropped by a U.S. B-29 bomber on the city of Hiroshima in Japan and another was dropped, 3 days later, in Nagasaki. Some justify the attack because it spared the lives of many American and Japanese soldiers that would have been lost in an invasion of Japan, which was the alternative to the bombings. However, the cons outweigh the pros: the bombs caused mass civilian casualties,…

public have hung onto the idea that the atomic bombs ended the war. For the Japanese, these bombings helped symbolize their nation as a victim, obscuring their role as the aggressors, while for Americans they have always been a means justifiable by the end. On the surface it’s easy to believe that the bombs paved way for the end, but there is a problem with the timing that shows otherwise. On August 6, 1945, the United States selected the city of Hiroshima, a manufacturing center to upwards of…

Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki justified? This is a controversial topic that some would argue it was. However the bombing was not justified. The bomb used was the largest bomb ever used yet in history of welfare and was far more destructive than the bomb used on Pearl Harbor. The United States responded brutally, and unnecessarily. Things could have been handled way differently. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was unjustified because many innocent lives were lost, the U.S. could…

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, ending World War 2. The bomb, called “little boy” was dropped on Hiroshima was August 6th and on August 9th the bomb known as “fat man” dropped on Nagasaki. The two bombs negatively affected Japan. It did end the war, but, many lives, land, and buildings were lost, the citizens still suffer from radiation, and the economy was ruined. Many things were lost, including lives, buildings, and land. In Hiroshima about 83,000 died but there is no…

The United States dropped a nuclear weapon on the Japanese city, Hiroshima on the sixth of August, 1945. Three days later, the second atomic bomb was dropped on the civilian population of Nagasaki, Japan (Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembered, n.d.). These occasions happened during the final stage of the Second World War. Thereafter, atomic bombings led to the terrible consequences: up to 129,000 people were killed, many other people were badly injured, and hundreds of thousands suffered the long-term…

On August 6, 1945, the United States used the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima at 8:15 in the morning. Hiroshima, as a city, was circular in shape, and the bomb landed a bit northwest of the center of the city making the devastation from the bomb even more catastrophic. Also on August 9, 1945, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki at 11:02 am. The destruction at Nagasaki was not as bad as it was at Hiroshima but was still reported as if every building was under the condition as if it…

the end of the war, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on two cities in Japan. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary in winning World War II. These bombing prevented further bloodshed since the Japanese would not have surrendered otherwise. Another reason these bombings were necessary was because it quickly ended World War II. Because of these situations, the United States felt that they had to take precautions with the atomic bomb. World War II ended in Europe once…

Have you ever wondered about the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki? In the early morning hours of July 16, 1945 great worry ran throughout all people at White Sands Missile (OI). This was the day the United States bombed Hiroshima. It was the first atomic weapon to be used in a time of war. This decision to drop the bomb was controversial. President Harry S. Truman made the call. The decision to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not a military necessity. Originally, the…

Martinez English IV 1/5/2016 Hiroshima Bombing of August 6, 1945 The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese caused much tension and troubles throughout the early years. For years after this bombing, American scientists planned, built, and made preparations to bomb Hiroshima without warning. There was an attempt by America to try to get Japan to surrender. Hiroshima’s civilization would forever be altered and have devastating memories in its history. The Hiroshima bombing, which was also known…

2016 The Atomic Bombing of Japan After forty-four months of increasingly brutal fighting between the Japanese and the Allies in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, an American B-29 bomber loaded with the most powerful weapon ever created by man, was headed for the city of Hiroshima. The crew was preparing to unleash the beast on an unsuspecting civilian and military population. The United States needed to do something drastic because Japan was not going to stop with their suicide bombing and…