Hiroshima And Nagasaki : The Effects Of The Bombs

In the midst of World War II, August 1945, the United States unleashed the first ever atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The usage of the atomic bomb was effective, but at the same time devastating and unnecessary. The United States should not have dropped the atomic bomb because it maimed countless of Japanese civilians, caused radiation poisoning whose effects impacted future generations, left both cities in ruins, left citizens homeless, and it was absolutely unmoral for the United States to have created such havoc and chaos in these two cities. Being there on the day Hiroshima was struck by the atomic bomb, junior high student,

This time it was the plutonium bomb, called Fat Man, and while a plutonium bomb is more powerful, its destructive range was limited by hills and mountains that surrounded Nagasaki. Thus the results of a similar survey conducted had set the death toll at around 70 thousand. An estimated 200 thousand had died in both cities and continue to be affected today.

Intense moral justification was needed in order to make the decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki however, President Truman was ultimately the man who made the final decision to launch ‘Little Boy’ and destroy Hiroshima, Nagasaki and their civilians, thus forcing an end to the war. Although there were many alternatives presented to President Truman, it is unknown as to whether they would have actually succeeded in ending the war or producing less casualties. Truman made the decision to drop these bombs in the heat of war but his justification of having a military target appeared extremely unrealistic, as both cities were full of innocent civilians. The morality of the bombs have been debated over the years, however the publication of the actual damage to civilian life caused a strong voice opposed to the usage in the 60 years following the action.

The Manhattan Project originally began as part of the nuclear arms race at the beginning of World War II, despite the fact that the United States had not entered the war at the time. It wasn’t until after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 that the U.S. had officially declared war on Germany and Japan. After Germany had agreed to an unconditional surrender, therefore ending the war in Europe, the U.S. was still at war with Japan and the U.S, hesitant to risk more American lives, made the difficult decision to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Both bombings resulted in the instant deaths of about 135,000 people and affecting thousands more in ways that could not have been predicted. The bombing of Hiroshima was necessary to save American lives and in bringing an end to the war, however, the second bombing of Nagasaki was unnecessary though there are many arguments to counter otherwise.

With multiple chances from the United States to surrender in the war and rejecting each one, the Japanese set themselves up for disaster. On August 6, 1945 the course of history was changed. Two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima, and three days later, August 9, 1945, on Nagasaki that ended World War II. Japan had already been a defeated nation from conventional bombs and World War II. Many innocent lives were lost, psychological scars were left on the lives of the bomb survivors, and thus many lives were changed forever. The atomic bombings caused many people to have genetic effects due to the radiation from the bombs. Revisionists have said the US used the bombs to blackmail the Soviet Union. The

Then, the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The bomb caused seventy thousand Japanese citizens to be vaporized. In the later months, an additional one hundred thousand citizens died from burns and radiation

The total amount of Japanese deaths caused by the bombings was about 199,000 people, including American POW’s (Prisoners

Did the atomic bomb have to be used in World War II on Japan? There were multiple reasons why the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary. One of which is to reduce the chance of Allied casualties if the war continued. Another reason was to prohibit the possibility that an Axis country such as Nazi Germany, could create an atomic weapon. A third reason or is whether or not the use of atomic weapons on innocent people was worth the media backlash. A final reason is that the work the Americans and British did on the atomic bomb, would be an evolution of modern-day weaponry. The opinions on the atomic bomb and its use have been questioned for the past 69 years. The creation and use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and

The United States decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a tragic way that they had committed in order to put an end to world war 2. The Bombings had nothing to do with soviet union's post-war and had given the Japanese a chance of an honorable surrender. The Japanese had denied this offer and wanted to carry on with their wrong doings. The United States had to drop the atomic bomb in order to put an end to their foolish behavior because of the many other lives being taken of the war a, they had no other way of putting an end to what they were doing and because they did not want the Soviet Union becoming involved and end up losing more people than what they had originally lost from the atomic bomb.

The U.S indeed should’ve dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. First of all, if the United States would not have dropped the bombs, many more Japanese lives would’ve been lost and many more communities and cities would’ve been destroyed. While the total amount of Japanese casualties between the two bombs is estimated around 200,000 Japanese lives, not dropping the bomb would’ve resulted in allied ground invasions and conventional strategic bombing by the U.S, such as the one that killed over 120,000 in the firebombing of Tokyo (History.com), which would’ve led to many more American and Japanese deaths. Another positive effect the atomic bombings had was it caused the Soviet Union to take notice of the military power of the U.S. and

Research Question: Was it necessary for President Truman to drop the atomic bomb in Japan?

Think if you were in Nagasaki, And you watched your home get destroyed if you were lucky you may have died right away. Nevermind, the ones who die right away are the lucky ones the others will have radiation poisoning which will cause all types of cancers. And it will affect families for generation to come And not only will it affect humans it will affect animals.

Despite criticisms, President Harry S. Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the lesser of many evils, sparing more lives in the long term by avoiding continued conflict.

The decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by the United States was a massive mistake. Even before the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan was already on the verge of collapsing and wanted to make peace. Many people were killed when the bomb first dropped, but years after the death count was still going up from the travesty. The dropping of the two bombs will influence the way we proceed with future wars, maybe even world war three. All of these factors contribute to why we shouldn’t have dropped the two bombs at the end of WWII.

After Nazi Germany had been defeated, it appeared that World War II was over, and that the allies had emerged victorious. However, the war had yet to be won in the Pacific. Japan was aware that the Third Reich had fallen, but had refused to surrender to the allies. This had created a huge issue for the allies, primarily the United States, who was taking the brunt of the conflict in the Pacific. The United States method of war in the Pacific, Island Hopping, had so far been a success, despite huge loss of life on the side of the United States as well as the Japanese. Even with the crushing defeats suffered by Japan, surrender was not an option to most of them, evidenced by both banzai and kamikaze attacks. The United States realized a more drastic method was needed, and it was decided that the Japanese mainland needed to be invaded. However, another option emerged, which was dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.