The nickname given to that atomic bomb was “Fat Man”. The U.S. should have given japan more tiem to recover from the shock by the attack on Hiroshima. A lot of innocent lives were taken on this day. The bombing of Nagasaki alone killed 37,000 people along with 43,000 injured people. Together the two bombs killed an estimated 200,000 Japanese civilians.
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.
Another thing that I believe is if that if America didn't drop the bomb on Japan, they could have, The Americans would have lost many more troops; they could have been weakened in the sense of that their military could have been reduced drastically. The army estimated that it would have cost the United States from anyway between five hundred thousand to one million soldiers' lives to mount a successful full scale invasion of Japan. Instead of that many American lives, the bombs utterly destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked and bombed by Japanese pilots without warning. Over 2,000 dead, about 150 destroyed planes and a crippled Pacific Fleet that included battleships.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were both very populated cities that had military members living there. "As far as I am concerned I made one great mistake in my life, when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made; but there was some justification - the danger that the Germans would make them” (Einstein 620). Many innocent women and children were killed. Areas near where the bombs hit were contaminated with radioactivity. People died of radiation months and even years later after the atomic bombs explosions.
The decision to use the atomic weapon and the justification to use that weapon is a subject that has been debated for the past70 years. President Harry S. Truman felt that the atomic bomb had to be used enemy targets. He said “Having found the bomb we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and exacted American prisoners of war, against those who have abandoned all pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of you of Americans” The debate has grown over whether the atomic bombings were necessary to save lives and win the war, and he argued to drop it after the choice whether or not to use the atomic bomb.
Some argue it was not only morally wrong but a foolish military tactic. Thousands and thousands of innocent lives were lost with the dropping of the atomic bombs, including all of the radiation and sickness that it brought. Others say that Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren’t even legitimate military targets with civilians outnumbering soldiers six to one. This counterargument could be just as effective in a debate with all of the statistics and emotions tied to
On August the 6th and 9th, 1945, the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs first on Hiroshima and then on Nagasaki in order to end the war with Japan. This marked the first time in history that weapons of such mass destruction were used against civilians. This significant attack marked the end of WW2. But was something of such a large scale that killed an estimated of 200,000 people of all ages needed to end this war? And could have the Americans closed the war in a different manner instead of causing conflict in many forms?
Atomic Bomb Justification On the 6th of August, 1945, “Little Boy” was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. “Little Boy”, a nickname used by the United States, was one of the most disastrous bombs used in history. For decades, there have been feuds over whether or not the United States was justified for bombing Japan. Many people say that the U.S. killed poor innocent civilians, but both soldiers and civilians, were going to die in the war no matter what. The decision to drop the bomb on the two Japanese cities was what kept the war from prolonging.
Japanese leaders wouldn’t accept defeat; some went to the extent to commit suicide before falling from an Allied soldier. If any civilian official were to talk openly of ending war would be faced with disgrace or sometimes execution. For the citizens that didn’t talk about ending the war, they talked of destroying the United States; “would it not be wondrous for this whole nation to be destroyed like a beautiful flower.” The Allied forces had no other choice but to use their newly invented atomic bombs to bring the Japanese to surrender. There was a message sent to Japan before the first bombing, warning them of what was to come, but not directly; “prompt and utter destruction” were to follow a refusal to surrender. Japanese General Korechika Anami wouldn’t surrender after the first bombing in Hiroshima but instead called for one last great battle from Japan.
The people who are questioning Truman’s motives are known as Revisionists, because they attempt to revise common perceptions of history, coming up with alternate theories and motives. These people believe that Truman had ulterior motives for dropping the bombs. Most people that were alive at the time of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings believe that Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs solely for military reasons. Dropping the bombs saved many American lives considered there would be no need for a land invasion of