Hiroshima

Truman gave the go ahead to actually use the bomb, the next step was to decide where it should be dropped. After extensive planning, Hiroshima was chosen because of multiple reasons, including its military and industrial significance and highly concentrated population. Kyoto was selected to be the second target because it also fit all criteria, like that of Hiroshima. But once the pilots flew over the city, the unpleasant weather restricted their view so they were told to fly on to Nagasaki,…

They point out to the imminence of a Japanese surrender and the immorality of the civilian killing as arguments against it, and suggest it was done for political reasons. The antithesis camp argues that America was justified in bombing Hiroshima. Their main points are that it saved countless American and also Japanese lives, it was not intentionally targeted at civilians, and was the quickest way to bring the war to an end. The strongest point made the anti-bombing group is the argument…

United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and killed between 70,000 and 80,000 Japanese people. After three days, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and killed 70,000 people immediately. Radiation from the bombs led to extensive damage as well. The Japanese then chose to surrender on September 2 which marked the end of the great war. Many people wonder if the decision to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a military necessity. This…

especially when we dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I agree that military had a part in those cities, but what about the many innocent people the we caused suffering to, and ended their lives to preserve ours? America 's decision to use weapons of mass destruction can not be justified (Barnes). America could have chosen a more reasonable location to drop the bomb, and to minimize the amount of civilian deaths. The city of Hiroshima was a chosen target, because it had been…

terrifying that Iran has the same nuclear power as the United States (CITE pg. 3) The book Hiroshima is a strong influencer when comparing these articles’ facts and opinions because everything was put in perspective in this book. The outcome of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was realistically described, making the event relate to any audience. The TYPEatomic bombs devastating long-term effects on the people of Hiroshima makes the thought of any country with this type of weaponry power seem…

The Atomic bomb was an extremely successful turning point in our world's history and changed the way countries attack, defend, and prepare for war. The atomic bomb revolutionized our countries militaristic power and showed our dominance around the world. Two bombs were dropped during the second world war, Little Boy and Fat Man, these two bombs together decimated two major cities in the country of japan. In a matter of seconds cities were flattened but it took the United States a lot and money…

On the eleventh of October 1939 the President Franklin Delano Roosevelt received a letter from the one and only Albert Einstein, which Albert Einstein had actually wrote on August 2 1939. The letter mentioned of a new field of physics that was showing that the element uranium could undergo nuclear fission, with the resultant release of a remarkable deal of energy. Ever since the Greek man named Democritus stated in the year of 450 B.C. that everything in existence is made of atoms, ever…

decision greatly, and its result was devastating. The Pearl Harbor attack, the production of the Boeing B29 Superfortress, and the rejection of Truman’s terms of surrender at Potsdam were the main reasons for his decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, on August 6th, 1945. Months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese air force pilots were planning and training for a huge strike to the United States, that would lead to their involvement in…

bomber aircraft that was used to end World War II. American technological advancements surged ahead in the 1940s and the war with Japan resulted in the production of the 9,700 pound atomic bomb named “Little Boy”. This bomb was dropped onto the city Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by Enola Gay’s pilot Colonel Paul W. Tibbets. Four years earlier Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the main American naval port, had been bombed by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. This killed nearly 3,000 Americans and injured…

president was also not interested in a prolonged war with Japan either as they U.S had plans to attack the Nazi’s. To end the war quickly, the U.S decided to drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima to make the Japanese surrender. On August 6, 1945 the U.S dropped the atomic bomb little boy in Hiroshima and then three days later dropped the atomic bomb Fat man on Nagasaki. Japan then surrendered on September 2,…