Atomic Bomb Justified
Was it Justified or Necessary for the Americans to Drop the Bombs?
Introduction
On August 6th, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named “Enola Gay” dropped the world’s first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The nuclear explosion killed nearly 90 percent of the cities population, killing 75,000 people from the point of impact and thousands more dying from Radiation Poisoning later on. Three days later, on August 9th, a second B-29 bomber named “Bockscar” dropped a second Atomic bomb on the Japanese city, Nagasaki. This bomb killed 40,000 people on impact with over 60,000 more people dying after from Radiation Poisoning. The Atomic bomb was a new technology to everyone worldwide and its raw destructive power was enough for the Japanese Emperor Hirohito to agree to the Americans unconditional surrender terms. The terms were to release all prisoners of war, end the fighting and to agree with the Potsdam declaration.
Perspective 1: Michihiko Hachiya - Japanese
Michihiko Hachiya was Medical Practitioner who survived the …show more content…
The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. The Americans got their best scientists to try and develop a new destructive technology to give them the upper hand in wars. There scientists succeeded and developed the world's first Nuclear bombs. They had two varients, a Uranium bomb and a Plutonium. The Uranium bomb was used on Hiroshima and the Plutonium dropped on Nagasaki. Stimson got a lot of appraisal as the bombs were ready for use in early 1945 and they were needed only a couple months later. Everyone saw Stimson as a hero as he was able to get the bombs developed in time for use. Henry was happy to have been apart of the development of the bombs that urged the Japanese to
Introduction
On August 6th, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named “Enola Gay” dropped the world’s first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The nuclear explosion killed nearly 90 percent of the cities population, killing 75,000 people from the point of impact and thousands more dying from Radiation Poisoning later on. Three days later, on August 9th, a second B-29 bomber named “Bockscar” dropped a second Atomic bomb on the Japanese city, Nagasaki. This bomb killed 40,000 people on impact with over 60,000 more people dying after from Radiation Poisoning. The Atomic bomb was a new technology to everyone worldwide and its raw destructive power was enough for the Japanese Emperor Hirohito to agree to the Americans unconditional surrender terms. The terms were to release all prisoners of war, end the fighting and to agree with the Potsdam declaration.
Perspective 1: Michihiko Hachiya - Japanese
Michihiko Hachiya was Medical Practitioner who survived the …show more content…
The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. The Americans got their best scientists to try and develop a new destructive technology to give them the upper hand in wars. There scientists succeeded and developed the world's first Nuclear bombs. They had two varients, a Uranium bomb and a Plutonium. The Uranium bomb was used on Hiroshima and the Plutonium dropped on Nagasaki. Stimson got a lot of appraisal as the bombs were ready for use in early 1945 and they were needed only a couple months later. Everyone saw Stimson as a hero as he was able to get the bombs developed in time for use. Henry was happy to have been apart of the development of the bombs that urged the Japanese to