The Bomb That Rapidly Changed The World

The Bomb That Rapidly Changed The World

The atomic bomb is a bomb that rapidly releases energy causing destructive damage through heat. The atomic bomb dropped on Japan was not needed it was an evil act and was unnecessary. It was undoubtedly not required to drop a 4-ton barbaric weapon that is equivalent to 5 million dollars on another country. The United States Military had already launched a sea blockade that consisted of a submarine campaign before the bomb was dropped. It was cutting food and supplies. Not only was it already beaten by seas. There was a massive amount of air attacks; the United States already had control of the Japanese air space before the atomic bomb. With Majority control of Japans airs the United States conducted many raids on Japan causing extensive destruction by dropping over tens of thousands pounds of bombs. This had already caused massive destruction to towns and cities. It was a race towards who could have the first atomic bomb. When The United States Successfully accomplished the bomb it was at first a way to initiate Japan into Surrendering but the second bomb was a way to show superiority towards the rest of the world that America is very powerful. The alternative is what could have happened if the bomb was not used? Japan was already getting dominated by sea and by air they were being isolated and not allowed resources it was only a matter of time till Japan could have surrendered. If the bombs were not used there would not be near as many deaths and utter destruction. But we cannot no for sure if Japan could have surrendered or not, and if they did not surrender what could have been lost? Many American troops would have lost their lives. But instead of a civilian loss it could have been a military loss. Japan was already dominated by the United States they were running out of resources and did not have long until rioting would have started the United States was a huge problem for Japan. They were surrounded. The only suitable reason to drop the Atomic bombs on Japan was to make them surrender but one bomb causing destruction was enough they did not need to drop both weapons. Although the war ended for America the death began in Japan. The concept of nationalism should not be embraced because nationalism greatly impacts both Quality of life and Ethics.

Quality of life is the general well being in people, societies, or even a nation. Quality of life is greatly impacted by war it raises the issue of survival and contradicts the thought of enhanced living. In a factor such as war quality of life is extensively diminished to the people, it inflicts suffering and mass casualties. Quality of life becomes decimated by the loss of family members, income and the happiness of people.

Before the use of the first atomic bomb there was already a massive amount of destruction. The United States were initiating air raids such as Conventional bombings against Japan by dropping tens of thousands pounds of bombs on Japan on towns and cities. Without the use of the atomic bomb the air attacks had already killed up to 900,000 innocent civilians. As the Raids were happening the quality of life had already gone down, great amount of people were losing their lives, families be torn apart houses destroyed there was death and suffering before the bomb was actually dropped. “The Japanese position was hopeless even before the first atomic bomb fell, because the Japanese had lost control of their own air” Stated general of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Henry H.. After the atomic bomb had been released the quality of life had been limited, with all the devastation the bomb had brought it had also brought a disease and massive fires, which lead to fire tornados. The fires from the atomic bomb were lit instantaneously people were so burned that they were unrecognizable. “The swollen faces could not be recognized due to the burns” said Koji Ueda This affected Quality of life because there was no distinction between deceased family members it was not possible to tell if they were related or not. Another was Diseases X. This was caused by the radiation of the bomb from this lead to all types of cancers and leukemia a total of 20,699 people were killed by cancers after the bombs. From the radiation women became infertile and were not eligible to have children this greatly impacted the quality of life because generation were lost because of the radiation. Even before the use of the atomic bomb Japan Quality of life was consistent with suffering and mass destruction. If the bomb was not used in Japan there would have still surrendered it had lost control of its air space and was blocked by a sea blockade they were trapped. The atomic bomb greatly affected the quality of life to the Japanese because they lost family and homes.

Ethics are the rules to recognize and respect human actions. War impacts ethics because human respect is missing. Ethics become blinded by war the respect for races is gone. It goes against the moral of right and wrong it is the indecency to not respect people morals and not to abide by the rules and regulations towards peoples lives. How to inappropriately put superiority over inferiority. To think people are at a higher level and to induce fear can result in mass destruction and undoubtedly mass murder.

The first use of the atomic bomb was one of the most covert ops in the United States history, yet it was and experimental weapon it has never be tested before, military leader Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. stated that “The first atomic bomb was an unnecessary experiment. . . . It was a mistake to ever drop it. . . . [the scientists] had this toy and they wanted to try it out, so they dropped it. . . . It killed a lot of Japs.” It wasn’t even about surrendering for the scientist’s they wanted to try out a new weapon. The United States sent physic majors and scientist to look at the destruction, many people who survived are look at and treated as lab experiments. Before the bomb was dropped scientist new to get maximum potential for the bomb they had to make it explode in the air, they put more time into discussing how to cause maximum destruction than to actually think about the lives that were being incinerated and the people being burned. After Hiroshima the town was turn into a massive waste land 70,000 people were killed instantly and 70,000 were injured, it was designed as a way to cause Japan into surrendering but were the bomb was dropped was far from a military target 80% of the people were civilians and had not done harm. 67% of the buildings in Hiroshima were destroyed. After the bomb was dropped Japan still had not surrendered, so to initiate surrender the United States dropped a second bomb in Nagasaki. 40,000 more people were killed instantly. Atomic shadows were now in place of once living people. Japan finally surrenders after the Nagasaki. Although the war might of ended for America the death began in Japan. America new of the atrocity that happened in Japan but the United States government refused to share the images to the public because they thought it was too disturbing.

The thought of nationalism should not be embraced because it had a major impact on quality of life and ethics. If the bomb was not dropped Japan would've been spared the horror. Harmless, innocent civilians were horribly murdered; the following radiation made the cities unlivable for the longest time, and the environment was harmed horribly. Ethnics was majorly disregarded it went against human decency. It was cruel and barbarous to not think of human lives and how many innocent civilians could have been harmed. The United States could have stuck with firebombing it would have gotten Japan to surrender and with less deaths but more building casualties. It would not have lead to the after effects of an atomic bomb, like the contamination of their water sources and crop, and radiation poisoning. It would have also not leaded other countries to try and construct other nuclear weapons. The people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not criminals. They were just normal people going about their day. Not only was it inhumane to the survivors, but also that land is now ruined by radiation. There is no excuse for causing the devastation that the U.S. released upon that area of land.