Hiroshima Bombing Persuasive Essay
Atomic bombs, a never before seen or used weapon in the eyes of the public. Sixteen hours after an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was dropped, President Truman announced this astonishing event. Many people were shocked by this and were wondering, what led Truman to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. The U.S. entered the war when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was an atomic bomb using uranium 235. "Fat Man," the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, was a plutonium bomb. Nuclear fission is when two atoms split. The splitting of certain atoms like uranium and plutonium can cause build up of energy. When enough energy is built up with a chain reaction of nuclear fission, you can get enough energy to build an atomic bomb. This is how fission bombs, like "Little Boy," are made. Implosion is when something collapses inward. "Fat Man" was an implosion bomb made with plutonium. Implosion bombs are made differently from fission bombs. One similarity that they share is that they both use fission. Implosion causes the material, in this case, plutonium, to increase density while it carries out fission. The density eventually becomes super dangerous causing a deadly explosion to happen. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified because these bombings ended the war, more civilian lives were saved,
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and dropping these bombs showed how dangerous atomic bombs are, preventing other nations using them.
Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945 which ended the war. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki took place on August 6, 1945, and August 9, 1945. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was named "Little Boy," and it was dropped at 8:16 am on August 6, 1945. "Fat Man" was dropped at 11:02 am on August 9, 1945 (Kindersly 322-323). These bombings took many lives but sunshine still stood at the end of the tunnel. President Truman had a tough decision to make, but he definitely made the correct one. He had many valid reasons when he made the design to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As Tom Nichols said, "Truman and his advisers made the only decision they could have made; indeed, considered in the context of World War II, it wasn’t really much of a decision at all," (Nichols). The bomb on Nagasaki was dropped on August 6, 1945 and the Japanese surrendered 9 days later on August 15, 1945. The war ended a mere nine days after the bombs were dropped. Operation Downfall was the alternative to dropping the bombs("6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Dropping the Atomic Bomb"). It was a planned invasion of Japan which definitely would’ve brought up the death toll again on both sides ("6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Dropping the Atomic Bomb"). The Japanese did not want to give up at the time("Was It Wrong" 1:59-3:08). In fact, they actually had created a militia by recruiting many Japanese into a national militia, in a ketsu-go style or decisive battle, to secure the home islands. The Japanese military still wanted to continue the war even after the bomb was dropped justified so they could deploy the militia that they mustered("Was It Wrong" 1:59-3:08). They only surrendered because the Emperor of Japan, Emperor Hirohito, did not approve of continuing the war after the two atomic bombs were dropped ("Was It Wrong" 1:59-3:08).
Another one of the benefits was that it ended up saving more civilian lives. During the war, many workers were under harsh environments and when the war ended they were free from this ("6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Dropping the Atomic Bomb”). These workers could have died under these conditions bringing up the death toll. During World War II the Japanese also had internment camps for Japanese-Americans. When the War ended these camps were “disassembled”. Which also lowered the overall death toll of civilians compared to if we did continue in the war. “The Japanese had been the aggressors, launching the war with a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and subsequently systematically and flagrantly violating various international agreements and norms by employing biological and chemical warfare, torturing and murdering prisoners of war, and brutalizing civilians and forcing them to perform slave labor and prostitution”(Miller). The Japanese were torturing people in so many ways that if we did continue the war.
“I have no doubts about whether the two atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary. Without them, hundreds of thousands of civilians in Malaya and Singapore, and millions in Japan itself would have perished.” stated former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The war had come to such a brutal point that there really was no other choice ("6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Dropping the Atomic Bomb”). Japan’s population would’ve dropped by a great amount and the same would happen to the other countries. “I am surprised that very worthy people – but people who in most cases had no intention of proceeding to the Japanese themselves – should adopt the position that rather than throw this bomb, we should have sacrificed a million American and a quarter of a million British lives,” stated Winston Churchill in a speech to the British House of Commons in the August of 1945 ("6 Advantages"). The bomb actually helped save many civilian lives. Finally, reason that dropping the bomb was justified was that this bomb showed how lethal and deadly the bomb was (“13 Key Pros”). This was a good thing because, still to this day, other nations have not used atomic bombs in warfare. The nuclear stockpiles are most likely much bigger now, so it is a good thing that we dropped these two bombs in 1945 as supposed to in the future (“13 Key Pros”).
"Little Boy" was 2,000 times more powerful than the bomb "Grand Slam" which was the most powerful bomb ever used in warfare before “Little Boy”.
“Fat Man” was 10 times more powerful than “Little Boy”. Harry Truman wanted to put this weapon under restraints so it wouldn't be unnecessarily used and taken for granted by other nations (Truman). These bombings showed the massive power of these weapons for other countries to not do so. Truman also wanted to make sure that no country would use it in war. Truman also stated that he wanted to “...place this new form of power under effective restraints that would guarantee no nation would use it in
war.” For the reasons stated above, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified. These bombings made sure that the war ended without sacrificing too many lives. Another reason is that these bombings also helped lower the civilian death toll in comparison to if we decided not to drop the bomb. Finally, these bombings showed the lethality of atomic bombs preventing nations in the future from using them. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified.
and dropping these bombs showed how dangerous atomic bombs are, preventing other nations using them.
Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945 which ended the war. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki took place on August 6, 1945, and August 9, 1945. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was named "Little Boy," and it was dropped at 8:16 am on August 6, 1945. "Fat Man" was dropped at 11:02 am on August 9, 1945 (Kindersly 322-323). These bombings took many lives but sunshine still stood at the end of the tunnel. President Truman had a tough decision to make, but he definitely made the correct one. He had many valid reasons when he made the design to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As Tom Nichols said, "Truman and his advisers made the only decision they could have made; indeed, considered in the context of World War II, it wasn’t really much of a decision at all," (Nichols). The bomb on Nagasaki was dropped on August 6, 1945 and the Japanese surrendered 9 days later on August 15, 1945. The war ended a mere nine days after the bombs were dropped. Operation Downfall was the alternative to dropping the bombs("6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Dropping the Atomic Bomb"). It was a planned invasion of Japan which definitely would’ve brought up the death toll again on both sides ("6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Dropping the Atomic Bomb"). The Japanese did not want to give up at the time("Was It Wrong" 1:59-3:08). In fact, they actually had created a militia by recruiting many Japanese into a national militia, in a ketsu-go style or decisive battle, to secure the home islands. The Japanese military still wanted to continue the war even after the bomb was dropped justified so they could deploy the militia that they mustered("Was It Wrong" 1:59-3:08). They only surrendered because the Emperor of Japan, Emperor Hirohito, did not approve of continuing the war after the two atomic bombs were dropped ("Was It Wrong" 1:59-3:08).
Another one of the benefits was that it ended up saving more civilian lives. During the war, many workers were under harsh environments and when the war ended they were free from this ("6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Dropping the Atomic Bomb”). These workers could have died under these conditions bringing up the death toll. During World War II the Japanese also had internment camps for Japanese-Americans. When the War ended these camps were “disassembled”. Which also lowered the overall death toll of civilians compared to if we did continue in the war. “The Japanese had been the aggressors, launching the war with a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and subsequently systematically and flagrantly violating various international agreements and norms by employing biological and chemical warfare, torturing and murdering prisoners of war, and brutalizing civilians and forcing them to perform slave labor and prostitution”(Miller). The Japanese were torturing people in so many ways that if we did continue the war.
“I have no doubts about whether the two atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary. Without them, hundreds of thousands of civilians in Malaya and Singapore, and millions in Japan itself would have perished.” stated former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The war had come to such a brutal point that there really was no other choice ("6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Dropping the Atomic Bomb”). Japan’s population would’ve dropped by a great amount and the same would happen to the other countries. “I am surprised that very worthy people – but people who in most cases had no intention of proceeding to the Japanese themselves – should adopt the position that rather than throw this bomb, we should have sacrificed a million American and a quarter of a million British lives,” stated Winston Churchill in a speech to the British House of Commons in the August of 1945 ("6 Advantages"). The bomb actually helped save many civilian lives. Finally, reason that dropping the bomb was justified was that this bomb showed how lethal and deadly the bomb was (“13 Key Pros”). This was a good thing because, still to this day, other nations have not used atomic bombs in warfare. The nuclear stockpiles are most likely much bigger now, so it is a good thing that we dropped these two bombs in 1945 as supposed to in the future (“13 Key Pros”).
"Little Boy" was 2,000 times more powerful than the bomb "Grand Slam" which was the most powerful bomb ever used in warfare before “Little Boy”.
“Fat Man” was 10 times more powerful than “Little Boy”. Harry Truman wanted to put this weapon under restraints so it wouldn't be unnecessarily used and taken for granted by other nations (Truman). These bombings showed the massive power of these weapons for other countries to not do so. Truman also wanted to make sure that no country would use it in war. Truman also stated that he wanted to “...place this new form of power under effective restraints that would guarantee no nation would use it in
war.” For the reasons stated above, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified. These bombings made sure that the war ended without sacrificing too many lives. Another reason is that these bombings also helped lower the civilian death toll in comparison to if we decided not to drop the bomb. Finally, these bombings showed the lethality of atomic bombs preventing nations in the future from using them. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified.