Surrender of Japan

Truman said that “he slept like a baby" after signing the final order (127). A man who was on record as condemning attacks on civilian populations during the Second World War would order the use of atomic bombs on cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan knowing full well that civilians including women and children would be killed. For that Elizabeth Anscombe in her pamphlet describes Truman as a murderer, and opposed the idea of awarding him honorary degree at Oxford University. In addition,…

On August 6th 1945 United States Harry S Truman made the 20th century’s most impactful decision; dropping the Atom bomb on Hiroshima and later Nagasaki. Truman considered the Japanese that would die, but he ultimately saved American lives. Truman also was thinking about American POW, and took their deaths into consideration before dropping the bombs. Lastly Truman dropped the atom bombs in order to protect the world from Russia’s widespread communist ways. the Dropping the atomic bomb was the…

Some skeptics argue that President Truman dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, which he knew was on the verge of defeat, to intimidate the Soviet Union in an already developing Cold War. Also, others believe that two atomic bombs weren’t necessary; instead, one was more than enough. However, facts prove that using the atomic bombs were the lesser of two evils. To prove such beliefs, I will use the six criteria for just war. The first criteria (legitimate authority) ensures that war isn’t waged…

The last interview which Mahatma Gandhi gave to Margrate Bourka White in the early afternoon on 30th January, 1948 was on “His persistence in his theory of non-violence in the event of a nuclear attack on a city.” The Mahatma’s reply was that if the defenseless citizens died in a spirit on non-violence, their sacrifice would not in vain; they might all pray for the soul of the pilot who had thoughtlessly sprayed death on the city. This was the last message of compassion to mankind. Gandhi had…

On December 8th, 1953 President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented a speech to the United Nations General Assembly to comfort a nation after the horrific and destructive attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Eisenhower wanted to ensure that the NATO allies would go along with using cheaper nuclear weapons instead of more expensive conventional weapons to prove that the United States did not intend to start a nuclear war. The speech was the turning point for international focus on peaceful uses of…

The United States intelligence community (IC) is not perfect and is blamed for failing to predict several surprises in the form of attacks and uprisings around the world. These surprises are known as intelligence failures and are studied in every intelligence curriculum and intelligence agency within the IC. The IC is a fairly small community within the government; therefore the IC must assume calculated risks in how it operates during analysis and production. These calculated risks, in addition…

a altitude of 306 meters, there is a inscription of the defeat reason summary. “Due to the United State used atomic bomb and Soviet Union disobey the Non-aggression treaty, and as well as the resources shortages and some other reason, Japan could not defeat.” Japan thought they lost because the United State drop the atomic bomb. In my opinion, I support for what President Truman did. Truman made a correct choice. It didn’t really matter whether for President Truman save the lives of Japanese.…

have much time to think if it was the right thing to do. He did what he thought was the best thing for the American people. If I were to advise President Truman under the circumstances, if I didn’t know the outcome I would have told him not to bomb Japan and try to find other options to solve the problem without having to kill millions of people that didn’t do anything. Some of the options that I would have given to President Truman is to send in ground troops to attack the Japanese. Truman…

all about island hopping and fighting Japan. But the question I have been asked is to write about the A-bomb and if it was right for Truman to drop in on Japan twice. Here are some opinions on the A-bomb was it the right thing to do? Yes it was because we have been fighting and killing for so long so many lives gone. So when F.D.R passed away Truman took his spot as President of the United States he had a lot of hard choices on his hands starting with Japan on the P.T.O side then the U.S.S.R on…

THE USE OF THE ATOMIC BOMBS..WAS NOT JUSTIFIED By:Nazret T. Harry Truman was not justified for using the atomic bombs on Japan. Two million innocent Japanese lives were taken in an inhumane way, the bombs were not targeted on military bases but on non-soldiers, also Truman based his decisions on racist beliefs. Firstly, the use of the Little Boy and Fat-man not only caused a massacre but…