Atomic Bomb Justified Research Paper

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On the 6th august 1945 the first atomic bomb ‘little boy’ was to be dropped on foreign soil for the first time from Enola gay to Hiroshima, japan. Harry. S Truman (the president of the USA at the time) commanded for the dropping of the bomb in an attempt to make Japan surrender. The bomb destroyed Hiroshima and over 70,000 people were instantly killed the in blast. Then just three days after the first bomb the second atomic bomb, 'Fat Man' was dropped over Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945 about at least 50,000 people were killed because of the blast. Many people condemned the use of the atomic bombs as a weapon of mass murder of civilians and is believed to be an inhumane act. The aim of this investigation is to find out whether America's decision to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan was justified. This…show more content…
Content from a variety of documents, stories from those who witnessed the event, and writings from Truman's speeches and diary will help reveal if his decision to drop the atomic bombs was justified or not. America was justified in its decision to drop the bomb as if they would of invaded they would of suffered major casualties. The USA military expected 50-80% of its soldiers were to be killed in operation dynamo (the invasion of the Japanese’s home lands) and for it to of lasted to 1948 at the most. This source is valuable because it gives a factual view of what factors of the factors united states had to consider in its decision to drop the atomic bomb but the limitations of this source could be that it does not provide attitudes and feeling of the military towards the atomic bomb. .One of the reason the casualties rate was expected to be so high was that Japan's geography, which made operation dynamo quite obvious to the Japanese also they were able to predict the Allied invasion plans accurately and thus adjust their defensive plan, Operation Ketsugo, accordingly. The source shows that America was fully aware of the result s of the invasion.An
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