Impact Of The Atomic Bombs On Nagasaki And Hiroshima

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.

They arrived at their destinations at about noon, with barely any resistance from Japan’s air forces. The air raid sirens weren’t even set off until after the raid was completed. The raids were completed with minimum resistance. On a scale of other bombings in the era that bombing was barely influential to those who only look at the event with a physical view. Those who look beyond and view the event with a psychological view see that the event greatly improved the American moral and degraded the Japanese moral.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki altered the course of world events by starting the Cold War, ushering advancements in technology, and by influencing cultures worldwide. Occurring on August 6 and August 9 in 1945, the bombing of the cities set of a series of events that would forever change history. The United States and the Soviet Union emerged from the war as superpowers with seemingly limitless power. Their ideologies, however, contrasted greatly, and the once allied nations would turn against each other, setting the entire world into a period of uncertainty. The atomic bomb, alone, would influence countless decisions, technologies, and policies in the following years and strike fear and awe into many around the world.

Allied strategic bombing during the Second World War did not achieve its intended objective, which was to break German morale and bring about the swift defeat of Germany. However it did have a very significant impact and assisted the allied victory. There are diplomatic and economic reasons why the bombing campaign was significant. It also had a large impact on morale both in Germany and in Britain and effected outcomes on the fighting fronts in Second World War by impairing the German forces. The significance of the strategic bombing campaign has to be measured in terms of its effect as compared with the effect of other actions taken by the allies. This essay will argue that the real significance of allied strategic bombing was in capping

The war in the Pacific was unlike any war the United States had fought up until that time. They couldn’t use their normal ground attack tactics; they had to figure out how to win from above. Unlike in the European front they couldn’t move through and allied country to forge a ground attack against their enemy. They needed to find a way to hit Japan from the air with the added difficulty of the mainland being across an ocean from the target. Before any attack could be launched the U.S. needed supplies in the form of long range bombers. These bombers were extremely important in the Pacific Theater, without them the U.S. wouldn’t have beaten Japan.

the Soviet factor,threat of an invasion, carried much greater weight in the eyes of the emperor and most of theJapanese military leaders. Before the atomic bombs had been dropped, many of the Japanese citieshad been heavily damaged by conventional weapons. Operation Meetinghouse was a bombingoperation carried out by the United States Army Air Force on the 9

The harbinger of Death was finally at the command of humankind. The arguably darkest days of armed conflict, characterized by the brightest of lights, was a result of unlocking the power of the atom. In an instant and a flash, at the Trinity test site, the nuclear age was born. The United States Army had its bomb, but the bomb was just the beginning. The United States Army Air Forces realized not only the tactical advantage of wielding such power, but the most effective means of exercising that power. The inception of the 509th Composite Group, 1st Atomic Bombardment coupled with the advent of the B-29 Superfortress offered the United States the means to devastate Japan, destroy their will to fight, and ultimately silence the Japanese

It’s late afternoon on March 9th, 1945. The sun was shining brightly through a scattered deck of clouds dotting the sky and there was a refreshing northeasterly breeze coming off the surrounding waters. General Curtis LeMay is standing in the thick tropical air of Northwest Field on the small Pacific island of Guam. He watches as over three hundred B-29 Superfortress bombers launch northward towards Tokyo where they will use new and unproven tactics for delivering the most devastating firebombing campaign in history. Through General LeMay’s vision and innovation he changed established doctrine of how bombers should operate in the European and Pacific theaters and enabled untold successes but at what cost to American values and law?

Of Fog and War: A Comparative Analysis of Two Japanese Bombing Attacks on the United States during WWII

Aircrafts in World War 2 was arguably the most important weapons delivery system. This advancements in aviation gasoline were able to provide 15 percent higher speed, a 1500 mile longer range for bombers, and an increased altitude of 10,000 feet. Aviation gasoline was very important at that time as it was able to provide airplanes with the wanted capabilities at that time, and hydrogenation increased the octane readings of gasoline, which also increases the engine’s power. One important use of aircraft was during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, which destroyed most of the U.S Pacific fleet. It is significant that many of the closing events of World War 2 was also dependent on aircraft.

Two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945. This decision brought about many consequences on both Americans and Japanese. By the 1940s the creation of atomic weaponry became possible “because of Italian scientists Enrico Fermi’s discovery of the radioactivity of uranium in the 1930s” (Brinkley 638). Eventually this spread to the United States, and it was undertaken by military. President Harry Truman “issued an ultimatum to the Japanese, demanding that they surrender by August 3 or face utter devastation. When the Japanese failed to meet the deadline, Truman ordered the air force to use the new atomic weapons against Japan” (Brinkley 638). The problem at hand is how the Americans and Japanese dealt with the aftermath of the atomic bombings and how it shaped these countries. The context of this decision will also be brought up. The effects of the Atomic Bomb in Japan were debilitating, not only was the enemy defeated but so were women, children and other civilians.

The years leading up to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were a time of budding new ideas. The manifestation of ethnocentric ideals such of these were clearly demonstrated in the mass murder of the Japanese. Consequently the bombing also displayed the idea of inequality in the form of eradication of over 60,000 Japanese civilian and military casualties. Also due to the US using the bombs for revenge, they were significantly reckless, not very insightful and did not consider the ramifications of what launching the atomic bombs would do and who it would affect. Therefore, by doing so the US had demonstrated that they had a very destructive weapon and are very capable of using it, with no mercy. The bombings devastation failed to evoke surrender

On December 4, 1941, Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor on Hawaii, U.S.A, so then America had decided to drop the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb destroyed 90% of the town and killed about 80,000 people. Many people had survived the bomb but they didn't know what came after that. Others died from their injuries and radiation exposure. On August 15, 1945 Japan had surrendered to America because they did not want any other bombs like the ones that hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki to hit any other major cities.

Being in the midst of the second World War, the cities of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Kokura, and Niigata of Japan were chosen, partly for testing and observation, and partly to have a chance to put an end to Japan’s tyranny during the war, having been allies with Nazi Germany, attacking its Asian neighbors, and their attack on Pearl Harbor (Ferrell 36). When the bombs were dropped, millions of Japanese civilians were killed for the assurance of the working order of a new weapon and the possible end of a war. Even worse is the manner in which the information regarding the bombings was handled. As stated by Thomas T. Handy, the Acting Chief of Staff in regards to the bombing in a letter to General Carl Spaatz, the Commanding General of the United States Army Strategic Air Forces:

Have you heard of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Is it possible for a bomb to affect 40 years later? How can people be affected by the bomb who were not alive? The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has had continuing effects on the area, instantly combustited everything around it, and was a bad decision.