American Dbq Analysis
America was in the crisis of deciding whether to risk more U.S. casualties. They had to decide whether they should send more troops to risk their life or allow to take the course of the A-bomb. They went with the second option, but it is hard to know if it was justified or not.
In Doc A, Truman believes that it was necessary to save as many American lives as possible. This would keep them out of the way of the kamikazees that were flying through and only cause the persistant Japanese to lose lives. Also, from Doc C, the atomic bomb was a way for America to show our might against the Russians.
The brawl between the two left theaters was a great impact on the loss of lives. Both were putting equal deaths on eachother and it seemed it was not going to be a simple problem solved unless they used the bomb. …show more content…
They suffered many innocent lives that were surrounding the radius of the explosion and were wiped out right away.
Yoshitaka states from document D his life changing event on how much he had to endure. He explains how he had to witness countless lives pulling at his ankles as he tries to make it through the tradgedy himself. He was left to fight for his life as he was injured brutally and had to walk through a radioactive wasteland. Also in Table A, there was a total life loss of over 200,000 taken away and in hiroshima 30% just died from the collapsing debri.
There were so many lost lives that had no reasoning to enter the war, but they were still killed in the process. It told one point of view from a teenager who had to pull through to survive and the statistics that prove how significant the bombs were to Japan.
In the eyes of the Japanese, it was not needed for U.S. to drop the bomb. They were struggling to survive after the collapse of the land.
In my opinion, I believe that it was unnecesarry to jump on board with the decision so quickly. They should have taken more time to justify their
In Doc A, Truman believes that it was necessary to save as many American lives as possible. This would keep them out of the way of the kamikazees that were flying through and only cause the persistant Japanese to lose lives. Also, from Doc C, the atomic bomb was a way for America to show our might against the Russians.
The brawl between the two left theaters was a great impact on the loss of lives. Both were putting equal deaths on eachother and it seemed it was not going to be a simple problem solved unless they used the bomb. …show more content…
They suffered many innocent lives that were surrounding the radius of the explosion and were wiped out right away.
Yoshitaka states from document D his life changing event on how much he had to endure. He explains how he had to witness countless lives pulling at his ankles as he tries to make it through the tradgedy himself. He was left to fight for his life as he was injured brutally and had to walk through a radioactive wasteland. Also in Table A, there was a total life loss of over 200,000 taken away and in hiroshima 30% just died from the collapsing debri.
There were so many lost lives that had no reasoning to enter the war, but they were still killed in the process. It told one point of view from a teenager who had to pull through to survive and the statistics that prove how significant the bombs were to Japan.
In the eyes of the Japanese, it was not needed for U.S. to drop the bomb. They were struggling to survive after the collapse of the land.
In my opinion, I believe that it was unnecesarry to jump on board with the decision so quickly. They should have taken more time to justify their