Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Was dropping the atomic bombs in World War 11 justified? Atomic bomb article summary “Harry S Truman’s Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb” citation: “Harry S Truman’s Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb.” National Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/articles/trumanatomicbomb.htm. Nps reports Harry Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb. The US and Japan were in World War 2 constantly fighting each other until the US found a deadly weapon to end the war. The US had created two atomic bombs for…

the city of Hiroshima were preparing for a possible B-29 bomber raid on the city. The cities surrounding Hiroshima had been raided already, and a rumor was going around that “the Americans were saving something special for the city (Hiroshima).” Suddenly, a white flash was seen in the sky and a storm of debris followed. The city of Hiroshima was in ruins and the people were in a state of hysteria. Although the people did not know it at that moment, a B-29 bomber had dropped an atomic bomb…

use the atomic bombs weren’t wrong. There wasn’t any other choice than to use the bombs because Japan didn’t want war to end. Author Robert J. Allison chairs the History Department at Suffolk University in Boston and he writes about American history comments “the Japanese may have been defeated but that doesn’t mean that they were ready to surrender. In samurai warrior culture that then defined Japan, surrender wasn’t an option” (Atomic Bomb: Why did President Harry S Truman Order the Atomic…

An atomic can put a stop to a busy city in no time, and the effects are like no other. Most countries never think that anything bad will happen to them. That’s what Japan thought. On August 6, 1945 the United States sent an Air Force Airman to drop an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Japan and the city of Hiroshima had no idea that it was coming. Then three days later they sent another Airman dropped another bomb on the city Nagasaki. The names were “Little Boy” and “Fat Man.” Little Boy…

you. Before August 6th Hiroshima thought they were not going to be attacked, but then at 8:15am the first atomic bomb ever used, was dropped in this city. The nuclear bomb, named Little Boy was dropped in an attempt to make Japan surrender, but as a consequence, Hiroshima was demolished and over 70,000 people were instantly killed. This disaster was then followed by the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th. Numerous factors involved in the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The motives of…

The soul purpose of the United States dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to intimidate the Soviet Union during World War two. Due to the fact that if the Soviet Union had joined the war with Japan they would have stayed and made themselves feel at home which was what the United States did not want to happen. So by showing the Soviet Union that the United States has fire weapons that can kill thousands of men, women, and children with in the matter of seconds and are not…

inhumane things were done, which made this war one of the worst in history. On August 6th, 1945, Hiroshima became victim to the first atomic bomb deployed by The United States. The bomb immediately killed tens of thousands of people; many more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later a second deployed bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing an estimated, forty thousand people. With these bombings, thousands of civilians were, brutally without warning, killed in an attempt to end…

1945, the Enola Gay took off with a package that marked a controversial day in history and the turning point in war. A large mushroom-shaped cloud appeared over Hiroshima, Japan at approximately 9:15 in the morning and began its destruction. This was the first atomic bomb to be dropped. Shortly after the two bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surrender of Japan marked the ending of World War II. Although Harry Truman, American President, made a controversial decision that led to the start…

“War is organized murder; and nothing else.” The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are perhaps one of the most criticized while simultaneously being one of the most defended moments in the history of the world. Regardless of the outcome, the United States did what they had to do to end the cold-blooded fighting that plagued the world for over half a decade. On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped he first atomic bomb on the Japanese city, Hiroshima. The instant shock wave and scalding…

On August 6th, 1945 the United States, with approval of president Truman, dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. On August 9th, 1945, a second atomic bomb dropped on another Japanese city, Nagasaki. Altogether, these bombs ended world war II, but killed nearly 200,000 japanese citizens along with years of radiation sickness and burns affecting the survivors. Today, the choice Truman made to drop the atomic bomb is still being debated whether it was necessary or not. War before the bomb…