Essay on Japanese Economic Developent Post World War II

In August 1945, America dropped two Atomic bombs on Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings killed at least 130,000 people and were the first and last use of nuclear weapons in warfare.

It was dropped on August 9, 1945. It leveled 6.7km2 of land and killed 74,000 people by the end of 1945. The temperature on the ground reached 4000℃ and induced radioactive rain to pour down.

Part of the city was virtually leveled by the time the dust had settled. Thousands more people died months and years after from injuries and radiation poisoning. The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan just 3 days later on August 9th, 1945. The original target for the second bomb, codenamed "fat man", was the city kokura but the target was obscured by clouds over it. This time, over 3.5 square miles of the city was destroyed and over 60,000 people were killed instantly. Also like last time, thousands more people died years after from injuries and radiation poisoning. These two bombs brought about the end of WW2, but they also brought the beginning of the nuclear arms race.

The United States dropped their first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The explosion was tragic, “90 percent of the city was wiped out and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens and thousand more would later die to radiation exposure” (Lemay and Paul). Innocent children and citizens would die.

Japanese forces to surrender or prepare for a new lethal weapon at the Potsdam Convention

On August 15th Japan surrendered, and on September 2nd, 1945 they signed the “Instrument of Surrender”. Hospitals were filled with patients who had not seemed sick before. People vomited, bled from their gums, and spots had begun to appear on their skin. Later Japanese doctors discovered that the people were dying from radiation that came from the atomic bomb. {look up: conspiracy theory} When considering using the atomic bombs, President Truman took into account the lowest possible cost for ending the war, he also wanted to end the war quickly. Truman once stated, “When you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast.” After the Pearl Harbor invasion. The U.S. started with “Operation Downfall,” invading Kyushu, many casualties where estimated, but this war proved to be even more deadly than predicted. General MacArthur thought that dropping more bombs, and using air power by itself would protect American lives, while also bringing forth a quicker surrender from the Japanese. When I look at both sides of the 1945 Japan bombing I really tried to stay open about the different viewpoints. The fact that the U.S., Britain, and the Netherlands crippled Japan was interesting to find. I felt that the Japanese did not want to compromise, and in some way bit the hands that fed them. It seems these allies had allot of power. The Japanese seemed to only

Six days after the bombing on Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war Japan announced its surrender to the Allies. To end the war, the Japanese government signed the instrument of surrender, which is basically a written agreement to surrender the Empire of Japan, to mark the ending of the World War

The dropping of the atomic bomb was an event on August 6th 1945 when Hiroshima, Japan was bombed by the Americans using an atomic bomb. Just this 1 bomb and the city was in ashes and 120,000 to 150,000 total were soon dead after. The bomb blast radius of the city destroyed according to the packet under “Some facts to consider” was 7 to 15 square miles long. America dropped the bomb to quicken to surrendering of Japan since the ETO was basically over at this point. It was an experimental weapon, so it had never been used in combat.

Three days after the bomb was dropped and the emperor still didn’t surrender, Truman dropped the second and last atomic bomb on Japan, on the city of Nagasaki. An estimated 263,000 people were in Nagasaki at the time and total deaths counted up to 80,000 people. Finally, on August 14, Japan surrendered. That's when America took over.

On August 6, 1945 an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb had an unprecedented explosion that wiped out over 90 percent of the city killing over 80,000 people; and thousands more would die later due to radiation. Three days later, as the Japanese were mourning for the dead; a second B-29 dropped another bomb killing over 40,000 people. Soon after the devastating blow, the Emperor of Japan announced the country’s unconditional surrender. Prior to August 6th, the power of Nuclear weapons were yet unknown as well as the consequences which came along with it. When the bomb was used, the prompt and utter destruction brought fear into the world which changed the fate of mankind forever. From the death of hundreds of thousand Japanese, to the ending of the war historians have debated whether it was necessary to drop the atomic bomb during World War II.

The dropping of the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945 was the first and last time the weapon has been used to date; the atomic explosions exposed the true potential of nuclear warfare whilst also highlighting the global superiority that America possessed at the conclusion of World War II. On August 6th, 1945 “Little Boy”, a uranium atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in an effort by the United States (U.S.) and backed by the Soviet Union, the British and the Chinese to force a Japanese surrender. However, American intelligence suggested no evidence of Japanese surrender which acted as the catalyst for the second use of a plutonic implosion type bomb, “Fat Man” on Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945. The sheer force of the bombs reportedly killed 66,000 residents in Hiroshima and 39,000 residents in Nagasaki as well as injuring another 94,000 residents suffering symptoms of intense third degree burns.

On the day of August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima. No one was suspecting what was to come that day. At approximately 10:34 a.m, the residents of Hiroshima will experience the absolute dominance of the Atomic Bomb. It killed over 60 thousand people instantly and the radiation killed over 40 thousand more people. The consternation of the Atomic bomb killed innocuous civilians. Three days after that, another one was dropped on the city of Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. This bomb was significantly stronger and larger than the previous one and it killed even more harmless civilians. The lives of the people were destroyed and the survivors were traumatized. The families were also destroyed as a result of the bomb. The aftereffects were devastating and many are tumultuous about what happened. This was not supposed to be the intended effect. The Bomb was supposed to end the war and not cause grieves of the people of

Three days after “Little Boy” was dropped the United States dropped an even bigger bomb, nicknamed “Fat Man” over Nagasaki. That atomic bomb killed an estimated 100,000 people instantly in both cities. Within one week of the bombings Japan surrendered in World War II. The bombings precipitated a seven-decade long nuclear arms

The war in Europe had ended and it seemed as if Japan too would soon surrender, America was in good spirits for this reason. But, when there was no sign of giving up from Japan by the summer of 1945, the Allied forces, that is, Britain, U.S. and Russia released the Potsdam Declaration. The Potsdam Proclamation served as an ultimatum for Japan to abdicate or else face incendiary destruction. Japan meticulously disregarded the ultimatum and the US started to design a plan of heavy repercussions for the Japanese. On 6th August 1945, B-29 “Enola Gay” was released on Hiroshima. On 9th August, 1945 the second and the most deadly nuclear weapon of complete destruction was dropped on Nagasaki. Japan instantly relinquished on the context that the emperor of Japan was allowed to continue his reign.

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.