Atomic bomb

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped a atomic Bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing 140,000. Three days later, the US dropped another on the Japanese city, Nagasaki, killing 74000. The US dropped these bombs instead of invading the Mainland Japan. The United States should not have dropped these atomic bombs on the Japanese. The dropping of these bombs was unnecessary. The Japanese government was on the verge of collapse. They were completely defeated, and the Japanese were ready

On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima without any precedent. The explosion viciously destroyed four square miles of the city and killed 90,000 and injured 40,000. (Weber, “Was Hiroshima Necessary?”) Three days later, a second atomic bomb stroked the city of Nagasaki which killed approximately 37,000 people and injured 43,000 (Weber, “Was Hiroshima Necessary?”). These actions of the United States still remain controversial today and the United

On August 6, 1945 America dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshim, Japan with devastatingly effective results. A few days later, Truman took to the radio to inform the American people of the incident in what is later recognized to be one of history’s most memorable speeches. The reason for the speech is obvious at first glance. America dropped a bomb on Japan, leveling a whole city and killing hundreds of thousands of people. Americans deserve an explanation for this attack and that’s exactly

The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs By: Dante de Wit Grade 9.5 The question on every person’s mind when it comes to this topic, is whether or not it was necessary for the USA to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6th and 9th of August 1945 at the end of World war two. My point of view is that I think it was not necessary to drop the bombs as the Japanese knew they were defeated and was willing to surrender on the condition that the Imperial family would be untouched. The Japanese wanted

There is no simple answer as to whether the atomic bomb should have been dropped on japan or not, I believe that the decision made by Harry Truman over 70 years ago was the wrong one, yet I am painfully aware of his reasoning. After all hiroshima and Nagasaki were not the only barbaric acts of this war. The belief that taking thousands of lives saved many thousands more, and that the dropping of the bomb was for the greater good is what I find hard to swallow. How can you justify that when every

The use of an atomic bomb is something that has lingered in the conscience of many Americans since the American B-29 Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used on August 6, 1945. The United States was urging Japan to surrender, when they refused to comply with these terms, the bomb was dropped and 100,000 people were killed. Two professors of American History, Robert James Maddox and Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, share their opposing views on weather the atomic bomb was necessary to end World War II

effort to end the war quickly, with minimum American lives lost, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Now, seventy-two years later, it is easy to look at the ramifications of the atomic bomb and call America’s actions unwise and catastrophic, but the leaders of the American military saw the bomb as the only option to end World War II. The dropping of the atomic bomb effectively ended World War II, but its consequences not only drastically affected the people

innocent people is never justified. On the subject of the Atomic bomb the force which was used may have been very destructive but I suppose that the message the U.S was sending to Japan was clear and heard. American politicians believed that it was a necessary use of force. President Truman gave the Japanese a warning before hand saying that if they did not surrender more destruction would come their way. It was said in the book that the bomb was needed to “shorten the war and save American lives”

The atomic bomb was deemed one of America’s greatest weapons, giving us victory in World War II against the anti-sematic Hitler and his expanding empire and the ruthless Japanese. The Atomic bomb has become a controversial topic in history, debates have arisen on whether or not the dropping of the bomb was necessary in winning the war or strategic weapon in the power struggle between the US and the Soviet Union. By analyzing primary documents and the history leading up to the dropping of the bomb

1) There are many opinions for the reasons the atomic bomb should have been used in the destruction of Japan. The bombing of Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 certainly helped make the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombing of Pearl Harbor destroyed the U.S.S. Arizona and killed over 2000 Americans. As quoted by President Harry S Truman,” The atom bomb was no “great decision”. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.” When the war with Europe ended, President