Expository Essay 'Hiroshima'

Although WW II ended over 50 years ago there is still much discussion as to the events which ended the War in the Pacific. The primary event which historians attribute to this end are the use of atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although the bombing of these cities did force the Japanese to surrender, many people today ask "Was the use of the atomic bomb necessary to end the war?" and more importantly "Why was the decision to use the bomb made?" Ronald Takaki examines these questions in his book Hiroshima.

While looking for a boat to carry the severely injured across the river, Mr Tanimoto “… Found a good-sized pleasure punt drawn up on the bank… five dead men, nearly naked, badly burned…” (Hersey, 37) near it, he “… lifted the men away from the boat… he experienced such horror at disturbing the dead…” (Hersey, 37). On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to end the war between them. Hiroshima, by John Hersey is a book about six survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. The six survivors tell their stories of where they were before the bomb was dropped, what they did after the bomb was dropped, and what their life was like years after the bomb. The book also

The bombing of Hiroshima is one of the most controversial, and debated events in history, that is still contested today. During World War ll (1939-1946) in the year 1941, December 7th, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, thus Japan declared war on the United States (U.S.). The Japanese were eager to take control of Asia, but the U.S wouldn’t allow it. Over a year prior to the bombing the U.S. imposed an embargo on aviation gasoline and scrap iron. Instead of backing down Japan invaded other countries such as Dutch East Indies, China, Malaysia and various other pacific countries/islands. Japanese needed oil, hence they invaded surrounding countries. As a result of Japan’s destructive actions, the U.S. decided to expand its embargo, extending it to iron, copper, tools, steel and many other critical metals. With the decision to stop the Japanese expansion, Franklin D. Roosevelt (U.S president at the time) issued an order freezing all Japanese assets in the United States. Soon after Britain and Dutch joined the oil embargo on Japan. While Allied forces in Europe were closing in on Germany, Allied forcing in the Pacific were closing in on Japan. In March 1945 the U.S. Air Force began a series of heavy bombing campaigns against major Japanese cities. On July 16th, 1945, the United States successfully tested the atomic bomb in New Mexico. The project conducted by America, Canada and Britain was code-named the Manhattan Project. The Potsdam declaration was issued on July 26th,

The atomic bomb and it's use over the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is still a source of heated debate even over fifty years later. Many people on both sides -Japan and The United States- hold the belief that Truman's decision to drop the bomb was a mistake and that under no circumstances should such drastic measures be taken in war. What these people do not realize are the far more horrible alternatives than the destruction of just two cities: an invasion of mainland Japan where millions of more deaths would have occurred, Soviet aid resulting in the division of Japan into a communist nation and the destruction of

August 6th 1945, the end of the world war had begun with the dropping of the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. An American B-29 bomber dropped as described by many as the weapon that could destroy the world. One of which dropped on the 6th of August on the city of Hiroshima was dropped by a Uranium bomb nicknamed the “little boy” and the other bomb dropped August 8th on the city Nagasaki was made of Plutonium nicknamed “fat man”. During the Hiroshima bombing, it was estimated that between 90,000–166,000 killed in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 killed in Nagasaki. The dropping of the atomic bombs showed that America showed complete dominance in the war in the Pacific but it is stated that these bombs weren’t required as they were seen as unnecessary or inhumane. Historian Peter Kuznick a well known historian and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University give his perspective on why the US dropped the atomic bombs and he believes it was to exclude the Russians from entering the war in the Pacific. Henry L. Stimson, former war US war general/advisor was highly decorated and his perspective states that the use of the atomic bomb was unfair and wasn’t necessary.

We’ve all had those days where we have made stupid mistakes, but is there any way we could learn from those mistakes? An individual can learn by their mistakes from the past by becoming wiser and by being a better person.

Explosion Fire Burning Pain Suffering dret catastrophe devastation. This was hiroshima, the day the first catastrophe of a bomb was dropped on a city. Creating unimaginable horrors. The novel hiroshima shows us that when we get knocked down that we will only prevail stronger, and smarter. Even in disastrous events such as hiroshima, the attack of the twin towers, it shows that even in the face of despair, there is always hope.

August 6, 1945 was the day that hit Japan hard and also helped stop the Second World War. That was the day that Harry S. Truman decided the only way to stop the war was to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in attempt to get Japan to surrender. The bomb went down in history as one of the biggest bombings. The bombings in both cities affected many Japanese citizens, mentally and physically. The bombings didn’t only affect citizens in Japan, both others who wondered if bombing the two cities was the right thing to do. Even to this day, there is debate on whether Japan would have surrendered without the bombings, or if the bombings made them surrender.

People learn from the past by focusing on historical events that happened or their past in order to have a better future. Events that happened in the past that caused horrible effects, such as Hiroshima. Hiroshima was an awful bombing from the Americans. It was “reported that 78,150 people [died] (Hersey 81). This is a great example for leaders that have big weapons who want to bomb other countries. Looking at what the bombing did to Japan, it shows the aftereffect of what happened and how people suffered, not just from outside injuries, but inside injuries from the radiation. If looking at Hiroshima stopped at least one bombing to happen, then the lives of at least 75,00 people would be safe. If a leader would want

You can learn so much from your past mistakes to make up for a better future. We can learn from our past mistakes to better for our future generations by moving on and acknowledging what happened in the past.

A picture is worth a thousand words, but some pictures are indescribable. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a tragic action caused by America in an act of war. This action caused hundred of thousands of people to die, and the ones who survived will die later from radiation, which causes cancer, or was blinded by the burst of light when the bomb hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This bombing was caused from the disagreement of America and Japan, which was finally settled in August 15, 1945.

     Lets take a trip to a place where we re-created. Not a place you would think is right here, in our yard, right in North America, but a place across the ocean and to an Island. If your thinking OooooOoooo the Caribbean Islands your wrong but none other than Japan. Yes, this is a Place that we had re-created because of a bomb that was dropped on August 6, 1945. It had caused many of deaths, devastation, and mutations, and this event was Ironically put in place by a poem written by Mary Jo Salter called “Welcome to Hiroshima.”

The nuclear bombs code named “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” were detonated over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the summer of August 1945 by the United States of America in an attempt to end World War II. The immediate death toll was extremely high with an estimated 60,000 to 80,000 people killed upon impact of the bombs due to the extreme heat, flying shrapnel, and the pressure of the blast wave. The overall death toll is now estimated to be about 192,020 dead due to long term health effects such as radiation poisoning and burns. These bombs also caused a multitude of long term medical and social problems for surviving victims such as in utero mutations in future generations of children and a large percentage of homeless citizens after the war. As a result of these bombs the Japanese emperor Hirohito accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration ending World War II. These bombings remain the single most horrific acts of warfare ever carried out on another country.

On August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb, "little boy" on Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima had been almost eradicated with an estimated 70-80,000 people killed. Three days later, a second, more powerful bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing over 100,000 people. Since Japan was economically and militarily devastated by the late summer of 1945, the use of the atomic bombs on an already overcome Japan was unnecessary and unwarranted in bringing about a conclusion to the war in the Pacific.

On August 6th 1945, the first Atomic Bomb, “Little Boy,” was dropped on Hiroshima, and three days later on August 9th 1945, the second atomic bomb, “Fat Man,” was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan’s industrial capital. The decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan was a poor one considering the damage, the devastation, and the amount of people left dead, injured, or suffering the loss of a family member or a friend, all for the sake of quickly ending the ongoing War. When the Japanese had realized that they were the only ones left in the war, Germany their ally, was already beaten out of the war and all efforts were now concentrated at them, the Japanese began suing for a peaceful end to the war.