Persuasive Essay On Ground Zero
Ground Zero
It was 1945, and after years of grueling fighting in the most devastating war in history, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Western Allies. This was not the end, however, as both the condition and attitude of Japan showed they were still ready to fight. Military action needed to be taken against them. Luckily, the United States had been working on a secret plan called “The Manhattan Project,” in which they were constructing a military weapon unlike anything the world had ever seen. When it was used twice against the Japanese and lead to their unconditional surrender, the weapon caused so much destruction that many questioned whether using such terrible devices was really the right thing to do. Keeping the safety of United States citizens in best interest, the usage of these weapons was absolutely necessary on multiple levels. A week after the dropping of the bombs, a Japanese officer was interrogated. When asked what would have happened if the war had continued he replied, “We would have kept on fighting until all Japanese were killed, but we would not have been defeated," by which he meant that they would not have been disgraced by surrender.1 The Japanese culture held their honor above anything, and disgrace to their country would be worse than death. Even though they knew they would lose, the Japanese would have continued …show more content…
The bomb on Hiroshima killed around 80,000 people and the bomb on Nagasaki killed around 45,000. These are very large numbers considering only two bombs were used, but are about average compared to other raids made during World War 2. Around 50,000 were killed and 37,000 wounded in the bombing of Hamburg, 25,000 were killed in the bombing of Dresden, and 225,000 were killed with 1,000,000 injured in B-29 raids made on Tokyo. The destruction caused by the atom bombs aren't as large as they seemed when put into
It was 1945, and after years of grueling fighting in the most devastating war in history, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Western Allies. This was not the end, however, as both the condition and attitude of Japan showed they were still ready to fight. Military action needed to be taken against them. Luckily, the United States had been working on a secret plan called “The Manhattan Project,” in which they were constructing a military weapon unlike anything the world had ever seen. When it was used twice against the Japanese and lead to their unconditional surrender, the weapon caused so much destruction that many questioned whether using such terrible devices was really the right thing to do. Keeping the safety of United States citizens in best interest, the usage of these weapons was absolutely necessary on multiple levels. A week after the dropping of the bombs, a Japanese officer was interrogated. When asked what would have happened if the war had continued he replied, “We would have kept on fighting until all Japanese were killed, but we would not have been defeated," by which he meant that they would not have been disgraced by surrender.1 The Japanese culture held their honor above anything, and disgrace to their country would be worse than death. Even though they knew they would lose, the Japanese would have continued …show more content…
The bomb on Hiroshima killed around 80,000 people and the bomb on Nagasaki killed around 45,000. These are very large numbers considering only two bombs were used, but are about average compared to other raids made during World War 2. Around 50,000 were killed and 37,000 wounded in the bombing of Hamburg, 25,000 were killed in the bombing of Dresden, and 225,000 were killed with 1,000,000 injured in B-29 raids made on Tokyo. The destruction caused by the atom bombs aren't as large as they seemed when put into