Godzilla And Hiroshima Persuasive Essay

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.

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.

Atomic bombs can hurt about 100,000 people. They can get burns, radiation sickness, or even die from just one drop of this bomb. America and Japan have fought for four years, and Japan wouldn’t surrender. To make them surrender, America’s scientists created an atomic bomb, and dropped it onto Japan, and they finally surrendered. This nuclear weapon was needed to end war. The bombs did stop war and ended the rivalry between the two countries. Although, the bombs would pass along to other nations, ruin America’s reputation, and it affected a lot of people.

As the Holocaust was coming to an end, the Americans had devised a plan to bomb the city of Hiroshima, Japan. On May 8, 1945, the Holocaust came to an end and on December 7th, 1945, the Americans bombed Hiroshima. Both of these incidents had many differences. Many differences between the Holocaust and the bombing of Hiroshima included the theory or reasons behind the perpetrators actions, the instruments they used, and the total death toll related to the incidents. Simply put, both the Holocaust and the bombing of Hiroshima contrasted each other in many ways.

August 6, 1945 will forever be an evoking day in world history. On this day the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Following this, three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. In the eyes of the United States there seemed to be no other option but to destroy these two cities in advancement to win the war. Japan faced complete devastation and still continues to face consequences from the bomb such as radiation exposure. The question that lies here is was this the right thing to do and was there another option than dropping two atomic bombs on Japan?

The most significant theme in John Hersey’s book “Hiroshima” are the long- term effects of war, confusion about what happened, long term mental and physical scars, short term mental and physical scars, and people being killed.

In August of 1945, both of the only two nuclear bombs ever used in warfare were dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. These two bombs shaped much of the world today.

During world war two, the Imperial Japanese army forced an estimated 200,000 women into sexual slavery. This is just one of the many atrocities committed by Japan during world war two. Even though many say that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inhumane, the US was completely justified because the future casualties were minimized and Japan and its allies committed atrocious war crimes.

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.

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were only a few days apart from each other and before they dropped the atomic bombs on those two cities, airplanes flew by and dropped leaflets warning the people of Japan warning them to evacuate the cities. The leaflets warned the people of Japan that they have the most destructive weapon possessed by man and the only reason they are forced to use said bombs is because Japan’s military leaders will not surrender to the United States (“WGBH”). While people believe that the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was unjustified, the U.S. was right in bombing Japan to defend their country and to not cause any more allied casualties.

Between 1944 and 1945, the Allies attacked Germany and the U.S. advanced across the Pacific to the doorsteps of Japan. In these last two years of war, Americans also created a new form of weapon that changed both warfare and global politics. With advances in technology, the Allied and Axis scientists were able to construct the most deadly, crucial weapon, the atomic bomb. Its creation started in 1942, when President Roosevelt presented the Manhattan Project as a priority in the development of the atomic bomb. However, the decision to use this mortal weapon fell into the hands of the new president, Harry Truman. He had to decide whether to save the lives of millions of Americans or to kill thousands of innocent Japanese families.

On the 6th of August 1945 an American B-29 Bomber plane launched a dangerous atomic bomb called “Little Boy”, in the centre of the city of Hiroshima. The Bombs left 140,000 people dead and another ten thousand died later from the toxic radiation exposure.

Commonly known as a “gun type bomb”, the Little Boy Bomb devastated the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It was given its nickname because it actually contained a gun inside the nuclear bomb. This weapon was big competition to the B-29s and it was the first ever atomic bomb dropped. The bomb was able to be dropped more than 10 miles away from the target site and the pilot who dropped the bomb felt little shockwaves of the explosion. Little Boy was followed by an explosion of the Fat Boy bomb just three days later south of Hiroshima.

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,

With the approval of American President Harry S. Truman, the fates of two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were sealed. This decision came with heavy hearts, as the United States attempted to end their involvement in World War II by using nuclear power against the nation of Japan. Truman’s primary goal in this form of attack was to discontinue the war as quickly as possible, while also sending a message to the enemy and establish the United States as the leader in atomic energy. Beginning as a secret operation labeled the Manhattan Project, atomic bombs became the new weapons of mass destruction. The evident frontrunner in nuclear technology, the United States was the first country to release atomic bombs on another nation for war