The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Option two, invading Japan, was a possibility, however, past experience with Japan showed that they wouldn’t surrender as easily. They made great sacrifices for everything, even their insignificant islands. Therefore, if the U.S. army were to invade, Japan would never give up fighting. In addition, Truman didn’t want any more casualties--for Americans or the women and children of Japan. For the third option, the United States could have shown Japan a demonstration on how the atomic bomb worked, but the problem was how. How where they going to show it to them, when, where, who, and if they did what would they do? Will they take a long time to reach a decision on whether to surrender or continue fighting? Since the atomic bomb was so new, Truman created a committee called the Interim Committee, where they would decide how to use the bomb. After a long debate, they reached a conclusion and decided, “We can propose no technical demonstration likely to bring an end to the war. We can see no acceptable alternative to direct military use”, so the demonstration was out of the picture. Lastly, the use of the atomic bomb on a populated area was incredibly complex option. In fact, the fourth option was the one that Truman

Was it necessary for Truman to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan in World War II? On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped by a US aircraft on Hiroshima. This atomic bomb was dropped to force Japan into surrender, this bomb alone destroyed Hiroshima and over 90,000 people were instantly killed in the explosion and an additional 100,000 people perished from burns and radiation sickness. On August 9, 1945 only three days later, the second atomic bomb was dropped over Nagasaki resulting in an additional 80,000 casualties of the Japanese population. The people of Japan surrendered on August 14, 1945 soon after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many people opposed to the use of the atomic bombs because people argued that Truman 's decision to use atomic bombs was a barbaric act of cruelty. People also argued that the US government had other ulterior motives to drop the atomic bomb that were necessary for America 's ideals. Necessary motives like presenting The Soviet Union a strong message for the Soviets to watch their step around America. A conventional way of warfare for Japan 's surrender would have costed many more American lives. Truman and others believed that the atomic bomb was necessary to save American lives but also Japanese lives. These actions from President Truman marked the end of the most destructive war in history. The two sources that will used and evaluated in this paper are is The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb by Dennis D. Wainstock (1996)

The use of the atomic bomb the U.S used against Japan was Unjustified. The U.S had several other alternatives to solve the conflict between the two countries. Furthermore, the bomb was strongly racially motivated and had many inhumane side-effects to the dangerous explosion when the blast had hit Japan. Before resorting to using the bomb the U.S should have considered the many options they had at hand.

    After the Japanese dropped the bomb on Pearl Harbor, the United States took serious offense to it. The Americans dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because of them dropping the bomb on Pearl Harbor. America dropped the bomb because President Harry Truman commanded that if the Japanese made any attack on us, we would attack them. This bomb badly affected Japan. At least 140,000 Japanese people died, including 20,000 soldiers by December of 1945. At least 90% of the deceased were killed within two weeks of the bomb being dropped. 92% of 76,000 buildings were destroyed. (“Hiroshima Committee”)

On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan which caused many deaths. Should United States have dropped the Atomic bomb on Japan? According to the following arguments there are many reasons this was a wise choice, a few of them are that the atomic bomb saved American lives, saved Japanese lives, and also it shortened the war between United States and Japanese. The dropping of the atomic bomb took some lives but overall was the best way for the war to come to an end which lead to having peace throughout the countries.

This investigation assesses to what extent the atomic bomb was necessary to end the Second World War. This investigation will be limited to the years 1939 to 1945, the duration of World War II, to assess the justifications for the bombing. However, this investigation will also examine sources as recent as the 2010s to evaluate the objective necessity of the bombing because it has remained a consistently controversial topic despite the time difference. Additionally, the necessity of the bomb is a matter that is independent from the initial bombing because its effect went beyond just ending the war, and, contextually, it is essential to examine its causes and effects with respect to events both before and after the war. Throughout this investigation, novels, memoirs, and web articles will be analyzed with evaluations of their origins, purpose, values, and limitations.

These bombs were dropped as the Pacific battles of World War II were coming to an end.

There was also the question of time. The atomic bomb was by far the quickest way that America could see for the ending of the war, and they were eager to end the war as before long, Russia would become involved making a heavier casualty rate inevitable. America were also a very powerful country now they had the development of the Atomic Bomb, it would have been a waste to not be able to show their true power and the true destruction they could use through the bomb. There is also the point that the Americans were looking for revenge against the Japanese, as they had injured and killed many American soldiers, and even more to come, had the Americans not taken quick action.

America was not alone in the development of nuclear weapons. Germany had also been developing nuclear weapons throughout the course of the war (3,58). Germany's plan was to use atomic weaponry in the famous V-1 and V-2 rockets (3,58). With these rockets they thought they could conquer the world, but the plan failed. What Germany did succeed at, though, was the creation of an arms race between themselves and the U.S (3,59). Even though Germany was busy at work with the development of atomic weapons, they could not put all of the time or money into it (3,58). This was because they were busy with their plan to dominate the world.

Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon. This title, masterfully written by Steve Sheinkin, says it all and sets the tone for the entire book. In 1938 Otto Hahn discovered fission, the ability to split uranium atoms; it then became very clear to scientists that a new bomb, called an atomic bomb, could be created. This weapon would have massive powers of destruction, and it would be like nothing ever seen before. The race was on between the United States, Russia, and Germany to see who could create and detonate the first atomic bomb. Although they are minor events when compared to the big picture, the destruction of the heavy water plant Vemork in Norway and Paul Tibbets’ journey to drop the atomic bomb had a major

“The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one” - George Wald. This quote proves one fact about the use of the atomic bomb. It was on August 6th and 9th that the world changed on an unimaginable scale for the average person. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had an undoubtable affect on the world. However, there was a positive side to using it. There were other reasons for using it, it was for revenge, and it supported the country of Japan. The Atomic Bomb was necessary because although the atomic bomb was deadly, it helped save many lives and avoid a brutal war.

The atomic bombs had not been dropped yet and Japan was already a beaten nation

The atomic bomb, used on Japan, was a scientific breakthrough that changed the course of history. The creation of the atomic bomb in World War 2 was the first ever nuclear weapon. The success of the Trinity Test, the “practice” detonation of the bomb, on July 16, 1945 caused Harry S. Truman to decide that the U.S. would use an atomic bomb on Japan. The actual dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the surrender of Japan in World War 2. The dropping of the bombs on Japan was justified because it aided in ending the war, saved lives, and helped The United States get revenge. The Manhattan Project was necessary and it was an essential factor that assisted in the end of the war.

In 1941, The United States began an atomic bomb program called the “Manhattan Project.” The main objective of the “Manhattan Project” was to research and build an atomic bomb before Germany could create and use one against the allied forces during World War II. German scientists had started a similar research program four years before the United States began so the scientists of the “Manhattan Project” felt a sense of urgency throughout their work (Wood “Men … Project”).

Would you kill a thousand to save millions? Well the drastic actions taken by the United States did save millions. There were two actions that had to occur to save the millions and end the war, the dropping of the two atomic bombs being the first of their kind were to be the most powerful bomb ever invented using atomic and nuclear forces so create it and packed over 20,000 tons of TNT and was about ten feet long. The bomber that transported and dropped them was called the 'Enola Gay’. The two Japanese cities’ that were struck by such creations were Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In this essay I will be discussing on how the actions taken by the United States of America were completely justified in dropping the two bombs as is established a future power image, saved millions, ended the war and ended the axis of evil.