The Barbaric Nature Of The Atomic Bomb

The atomic bomb was powerful enough that one of them could cause devastating threats and end the war. Two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in August 1945. These atomic bombs took away the lives of all 20 million people at one time, and Japan immediately declared surrender in August 15th. During the Second World War, in May 1945, Germany surrendered to the Allies, and the battle is over. But, Japan had showed no signs of surrender to the Allies in the fight against the Philippines. Thus, President of United States decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima to beat the Japan. (854, 863-864,

First, the bombings were a military correct decision. The Japanese Emperor, Hirohito stated publicly that Japan was not going to surrender. Japan proved that they were even more deadly when faced with defeat by inflicting numerous allied casualties. This created a large threat to America that needed to be dealt with. Furthermore, the dropping of the atomic bombs brought a quick and decisive end to the war. The Allies had already defeated Germany on May 7th, 1945, but could not completely conclude the war until the Allies defeated Japan. A few days after the second atomic bomb was dropped, Japan announced its surrender to the world. This was a humongous victory for the Allies because the second world war would finally come to an end. Pertaining to the decision to

In the year 1939, tensions between eastern countries led to the start of the second world war. Eastern countries were beginning to invade one another due to results of the Treaty of Versailles such as poverty and loss of diplomatic power. Japan began growing rapidly and causing many military and diplomatic problems. In 1941, Japan organized an attack on the United States naval base of Pearl Harbor. The US was outraged. Bringing and end to the horrid war was the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. Although some historians argue that the decision made by the United States to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a military measure to force Japan’s surrender and end the war, it was actually a

A month later, project Manhattan, project to construct a nuclear bomb, was finished. Then on August 6th, 1945 the first atomic bomb, “Little Boy”, was dropped on Hiroshima. This was an attempt to get Japan to surrender, but they did not. Therefore, the U.S. dropped another nuclear bomb, “Fat Man”, on the Japanese city of Nagasaki prompting the Japanese to surrender. This ended World War Two.

First of all, the dropping of the atomic bomb caused the Japanese to surrender and leading to the end of the war. For the reason that, after the first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, yet Japan did not want to surrender. The Japanese empire surrender after that second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. According to Harrys S Truman’s Decision “One week later, on August 14, 1945, after the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, the Japanese surrendered” . The results of the significant and brave decision that President Truman made; put a stop to many issues that may had occurred during the WWII. Nevertheless, the usage of the second atomic bomb made the Japanese realize that the United States had created a powerful weapon, and lead to their surrender. Second of all, the atomic bomb was the most proper manner in avoiding a Japanese invasion. The United States was mostly concern on an unexpected invasion or attack from Japan, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor. According to the article History, President Roosevelt commented “I believe I interpret the will of the congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.” Moreover, the unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor is a perfect example of the damages that they

At the time of the United States decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, World War II had been waging for six years. Both Japan and the US had lost tons of supplies and resources, millions of dollars, and thousands of troops. The decision that finally ended the war was taken by the U.S on August 6, 1945, when the American bomber Enola Gay dropped the very first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later, the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and Japan finally surrendered. However, Japan's surrender was not the intent of the United States when dropping these bombs- this was a diplomatic measure taken by the government to warn the Soviet Union against their growing influence in Europe. Dropping the atomic bombs was an unnecessary decision which cost the lives of over 300,000 innocent people and has detrimentally affected the health of generations to come.

In times of war, especially in cases where one or both sides are unwilling relinquish on any diplomacy, the only plausible action left is to demolish the opponent militarily. By not submitting to the relatively fair diplomatic option the Allies were offering, Japan could only be reasoned with through the use of the utterly devastating destructive for promised by the allies. Even after the first bomb was dropped, and Japan would not surrender, President Truman continued to warn and plead with the Japanese people to force the government to relent. In leaflets (AB-11) dropped across Japan, warnings of another event like in Hiroshima happening to other cities, the true magnitude and events of the weaponry destruction that transpired, and for the people to evacuate their cities were given, and pleas were made for the Japanese people to stop the war before another bombing had to ensue (Doc F). Again Japan did not comply with the peaceful option and America had no other choice but to bomb Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. This information is important to America’s final decision on utilizing the

Just to provide historical background information on the issue I am about to address I will first set the scene. On the morning of December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attacked lasted a little over two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The day after the assault, President

World War II will forever live in infamy as one of the longest, most grueling wars America has faced. This fact was well realized by leaders and civilians of the United States in the 1940s. So, they did something about it. They set out to create the most destructive weapon the world has ever seen; the atomic bomb. The bombs that would soon vaporize steel buildings and rip holes in the earth the size of a small lake. These bombs came as a result of the Manhattan Project. However, the Manhattan Project didn’t affect just World War II. Because of this research and development, the nuclear arms race began, alternative energy was introduced, and millions of people were affected by radiation.

Why the bomb seemed like it would make the war worst it actually ended the war quicker. The war ended quicker because it finally caused Japan to surrender and accept the defeat. “The atomic bomb did not win the war. Japan had been defeated already by land, sea, and air campaign that went before. It is reasonable to conclude, however, that the bomb did force the Japanese surrender -- and considerably sooner than it would have occurred otherwise.” (Text 1 Page 8). The bomb did not win but it ended it because Japan’s way of fighting is fight to the last man and it is better to die in combat than to surrender. If the bomb had been dropped sooner it would’ve been the factor that won the war, but since Japan had little fighting effort in the air

By the time the U.S. had come to the conclusion to act on the decision of dropping the hydrogen bomb it had been at war in the Pacific theatre since 1942. Whereas the successful operation in the African and European theatre took less than two years with Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945, the Japanese continued to ferociously fight. The United States tired of war, did not want to continue the bloody battle. The war in the pacific was horrific compared to Europe. The Pacific was characterized by its cruel and desperate battles with some often leading to hand to hand combat. This left the U.S.

August 6th 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima, Japan. World War Two was practically over, but Japan and the United States weren’t getting along due to Japan bombing Pearl Harbor. The President of the United States (Truman) and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill Issued the Potsdam Declaration which was the declaration that was put on the table for Japan after Germany had surrendered. Earlier in the war we had been putting together atomic weapons in case the war was getting out of hand. Since Japan wouldn’t surrender after the Potsdam we dropped the 1st bomb. Japan had still not surrendered so we dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. There was a combined total of casualties after the 1st bomb of 140,000. The second bomb totaled out to 120,000 casualties. Dropping these bombs helped the United States win the war. In my Opinion, the decision to drop both bombs on Japan was the best alternative the United States had to remain stable and to hold military lives.

This required decisive actions to overcome the militaristic policies of Japanese leadership and the Japanese intent for more favorable terms in ending the war. The key event was the introduction of the atomic bomb into America’s arsenal. The atomic bomb completed development and successful testing on 16 July 1945. The expeditious use of the bombs on 6 and 9 August is evidence that the United States was ready to utilize the capabilities of atomic weapons as soon as they were available. The atomic bombs provided the justified means to accelerate the end of the war without requiring the potentially high casualty invasion of Kyushu planned for Nov

In July, 1945 the intelligence section of the war department’s general staff had estimated there was a total of 5 million soldiers on Japan's side. The newly sworn in commander-in-chief following the death of Franklin Roosevelt, had made a decision to drop the atomic bomb to end the long and brutal war that has been going on for 6 years. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was not a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-second world war era, but rather it was a strict military measure designed to force Japan's unconditional Surrender. The reasons America used the atomic bomb was to avenge the attack on Pearl Harbor, end the prolonged war, and save American lives.

In 1945, the U.S bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan and became the first and only country to ever use atomic weapon during wartime. It had been almost 4 years since World War II started, most of the Axis Powers surrendered to the Allies but not Japan. Japan didn’t want to admit defeat. Instead, they'd rather die and President Truman of the United States of America wanted to end this war quickly. There were many reasons leading to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki including the need to force Japan to surrender, to have the Soviets declare war on Japan, to use atomic weapon before the Soviets, and observe the effects of the weapons.