The Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki

Apart from my view that the bombings were unnecessary, I would also like to highlight the aftermath of both bombings, which is the massive collateral damage recorded in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a devastating destruction that can never be erased in Japan’s

Thesis: The dropping of the atomic bomb during World War II by the United States on Japan was a justified act. Not only was the dropping of the atomic bomb used to save American lives, but it prevented the war from lingering on, taking the lives of more civilians. The bomb did not just make sense, but it saved lives, despite taking some, therefore making the atomic bomb a reasonable action. It is not war mentality to think of preserving the lives of innocent people when the safety of the world is at stake. World War II, taking place in Japan, was likely to continue to linger on which would produce more deaths in the long run. In a book entitled, Thank God for the Atomic Bomb, by WWII soldier, Paul Fussell, he noted that "The people who preferred an invasion to a bombing seemed to have no intention of proceeding to the Japanese front themselves. I have already noted what a few more days would mean to the luckless troops and sailors on the spot....on Okinawa, only a few weeks before Hiroshima, 123,000 Japanese and Americans killed each other. War is immoral. War is cruel". By saying this it proves that although dropping the atomic bomb had some consequences, not dropping it, and letting the war carry on had far worse outcomes, and those who did want an invasion were not willing to go fight for it, again proving the high demand for the wars end. Then, in a speech made by President Truman he explains, "My chief

On the 6th and 9th of August, 1945, the United States of America dropped the Atomic Bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The use of these bombs brought a quick end to World War 2, yet caused extensive damage to the two Japanese cities. There have often been disputes as to whether the USA was justified in the dropping of the atomic bombs because of the damage they caused, not only to the cities, but to the people of Japan as well. Many people believe that the USA should not have dropped the bombs because of the damage they caused, and they also claim that Japan was already defeated. However, Japan did not surrender, and prolonging the war was not an option for America, as it believed it would cause even more casualties, not only to American troops, but to Japan as well. Thus the USA was justified in dropping the bombs on Japan.

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the effort to produce the first atomic bomb during WWII. The project began in 1939, when two scientists accomplished atomic fission in uranium. These scientists were Jews, and during the Holocaust, they had to leave Germany into America. It was also operated with the help from the United Kingdom and Canada. Scientist Leo Szilard, Eugenge Wigner, and Edward Teller decided to tell the President of the United States, about the new fission technology that had been discovered. Which they believed was capable of making bombs. Most believed that Germany would be able create the first atomic bomb, so that’s why the three scientists requested the help of Albert Einstein, and together they wrote a letter to President Roosevelt describing their beliefs that nuclear fission “would lead to the construction of bombs and it is very possible…that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may be created.”

On August 6, 1945 a B-29 bomber dropped the first deployed atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This day an estimated 80,000 people were instantly killed when the bomb was dropped , 90% of the city was destroyed and thousands died afterwards from radiation exposure. Three days later a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and about 40,000 were killed there, forcing Emperor Hirohito to an unconditional surrender. A question still lingers about today “Should we have dropped the bomb on Hiroshima?”, now one could argue both sides on the subject but I’ll be on the side of which we should not have dropped the bomb.

On August 6th, 1945, at 8:15 Japan time, the United States dropped an atomic bomb named “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan. Little Boy was dropped from the Enola Gay, from 31,000ft and detonated at 1,900ft above Hiroshima. Dropping the atomic bomb destroyed the city, ruined and negatively changed people’s lives, and killed thousands of people. Some say it was necessary to drop it because of the lives it saved. It didn’t save lives. It was unnecessary to drop the atomic bomb because of the amount of destruction and lives it ruined.

“The Atomic bombs killed 199,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, according to Yale Law School library.” The historic atomic bombs that were made in the Y-12 project were dropped in Japan. This was a historic event because it killed innocent lives that had no place in the war, and was known as the reason why World War 2 came to conclusion of the Allies winning the war. “To produce the atomic bombs it took nearly 2 billion dollars, this was stated in ushistory.org.” Although many believe the atomic bombs were the foreseen solution to the end of the war the atomic bombs did not accomplish a solution but only tore families apart, destroyed cities, and committed a mass slaughter.

When J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the lead scientists in an elite, American-led effort to design the most destructive weapon the world had ever seen, witnessed the first detonation of the nuclear bomb he helped create, he said with intensity, “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” The construction of such a weapon was made possible by what was known as The Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was the name of an American effort to develop a working atomic weapon during World War II. The creation and use of the atomic bomb brought together some of the world’s best scientists, as well as the insight of the U.S. military. Most of the work was done in Los Alamos, New Mexico, not in the New York City district that it was named after.

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ushered the world into a new era of warfare. Never before in the history of man had such destruction been wrought in the power of a single bomb. Thousands of civilians were incinerated and Japan’s war capitals were demolished. The horror and terror was unimaginable; yet the bomb had a purpose; to swiftly end the war. In today’s society, it is questionable whether the bomb should have been used. Some believe Japan would have voluntarily surrendered; yet others believe conventional warfare methods should have been used. However, if the bomb had not been deployed, there is the question of overcoming the near fanatical Japanese resistance, the toll of the casualties from the projected Invasion of Japan and the need to educate the world in the horror of Nuclear Weaponry.

The dropping of the bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was one of the most terrifying moments in Japan’s history. The bombing was not triumph for the U.S., but a brutal slaughter. Japan lost many innocent lives, children and women, and the United States could have of invaded Japan, giving them a fair fight. In conclusion, many innocent people were attacked and killed, and the U.S. could have just invaded Japan with troops, instead of dropping an atomic bomb.

How can the smallest particles in the universe create the most devastating weapon used to kill millions of Japanese? I introduce the Atomic Bomb. Built around WW2 and tested 16 July 1945 in white sands New Mexico. The Devastating power of the atomic bomb using what is called splitting the nuclei of the fissile elements in simpler words its basically splitting an atom hence the name the atomic bomb. The United States military built two bombs Little Boy and Fat Man the first bomb (Little boy) had what is called a gun type weapon that has an uranium core. Little boy was used on Hiroshima. The second bomb was named Fat Man and had a Implosion type device with a plutonium core.

The scientists that was behind this whole project was Robert J. Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer oversaw everything on this project. He made sure that the project was kept secret and went as planned. On the morning of 1945 in Los Alamos on a midsummer day, everyone would find out if the Manhattan project was the fail of the war or the end to the war. At 5:29 on July 16, 1954 the bomb was tested. Once it was tested, everyone found out that it was a success. The bomb was so powerful from the heat that the sky turned orange as it was shooting in the sky at 360 feet per second. The mushroom cloud from the radioactive vapor was 30,000 feet.

Groves was born in Albany, New York, and graduated from West Point (“Manhattan Project” [Columbia Encyclopedia]). From there he joined the Army Corps of Engineers and was tasked with overseeing the creation of the first atomic weapon (“Groves, Leslie Richard”). His meager budget of about six thousand dollars turned into two million, which was used to create a new class of destructive weapons (“Manhattan Project” [Britannica Concise Encyclopedia]). He also advised President Truman on when and where to drop the atomic bombs on Japan in World War II. When the project was completed, he turned it over to the Atomic Energy Commission. After retiring for the Manhattan Project, he wrote Now It Can Be Told, a glimpse into the secret project itself (“Manhattan Project” [Columbia

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”).

Some regard the atomic bomb as “the thank God for the atom bomb”. This places God on the U.S. side and regards the bombs as our saving grace. This bomb forced the Japanese to surrender which in turn proved the U.S. to be the heroes who saved the American’s lives.1 The Americans intended on ending the war but did not expect to end it with such a large number of casualties. The results of the atomic bomb and how it effected the Japanese people both emotionally and physically will be addressed. “The bombs marked both an end and a beginning—the end of an appalling global conflagration in which more than 50 million people were killed and the beginning of the nuclear arms race and a new world in which