What Is The Truman's Role In Ww2

Atomic Bomb
Mid-1945 Nazi Germany has been defeated by the Allied Powers the fighting in the Pacific becomes the last stand of the Axis Powers. Japan loses their foothold in the Pacific they are forced back onto their main land. The fighting in the islands of the Pacific, prior to the advance of the Allied forces, had resulted in many casualties. The President of the United States and Overlord of the Operations in the Pacific has succumbed to his illness and dies at the age of 63. Harry S. Truman is sworn in as President and takes command of the forces of the United States. As the victory of the Allies comes closer and closer the armies of the Empire of Japan is defeated by a new technology Nuclear Warfare. The United States devastates the
cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States received victory without losing more soldiers. This strategy ended the Second World War and didn’t cost more American lives.
In 1939 the scientists employed under the Nazis had learned to work with Uranium atoms in a way that could create a bomb of unspeakable destruction. Scientists Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi wanted the president of the United States to be aware of this deadly technology. Fermi also felt the President needed to know of the power a weapon like that would have. Einstein sent a letter to the President convincing him to forward the creation of a nuclear program. Roosevelt didn’t see the program as an important prospect, but he le the program progress slowly. This confidential government project was called “The Manhattan Project”. At the early stages of the secret project research was only based at a few Colleges including the UC Berkeley, University of Colombia, and University of Chicago. In the summer 1945, Oppenheimer tested the first creation of the Manhattan project. This resulted in the creation of a bright light visible for 200 miles and a mushroom shaped cloud that reached 40,000 feet in the air. The government immediately gave the press a cover-up story in order to maintain the secrecy of the operation in the desert. The successful test in the New Mexico desert resulted in the creation of the first nuclear weapon and the start of the new era known as the Nuclear era.
The Empire of Japan was on the retreat, but they were not ready to surrender. The American Generals learned during the island hopping strategy Japanese soldiers wouldn’t surrender easily they were determined to fight over every inch of land. Faced with the decision on whether to attack the Japanese mainland via invasion or air raids Truman runs low on decisions on how to deal with the Japanese forces. “ I have to decide Japanese strategy-shall we invade Japan proper or shall we bomb and blockade,” (Truman Diary Entry 1945). Turman’s strategy would all result in the victory over the final Axis forces. The Japanese people were used as shields to protect their soldiers. Truman uses the Manhattan Project’s creation as the key to his Victory. Truman gave Japan a week to surrender to the American forces. The Japanese refused to surrenders to the Americans. Truman dropped the first atomic bomb. The display of such force showed that Truman was willing to go to measures to ensure his victory over the Japanese. Truman made the best decision in this situation. Truman killed many Japanese civilians, but if the Americans decide to invade the Japanese mainland the fighting would have been extended longer.
The morale would also have been low as the fighting lasted longer than anticipated. The Japanese government was given an ultimatum twice the second time they didn’t learn from their mistake and once more the United States stayed true to their word. A second bomb was dropped creating more devastating impact than the first one. This supports the fact that even when they lose a catastrophic amount of civilians they are determined to fight to the bitter end. This shows that the war on the mainland would have lasted until all soldiers were killed as all of them were willing to stay until they are dead. For a final time the United States threatens Japan once more and claims they have another bomb. Japan finally surrenders. If the United States had sent troops there would have been an expansion of the war and the war would have ended in 1946 or 1947 instead of 1945 this would have forced the morale of the troops to drop. An unmotivated army is an army that begins disobeying orders and questioning why they even have to fight. Truman also would have expanded the military spendings budget when troops die they need to be replaced by more troops and the equipment that was lost when they died will also need to be replaced. The lose of tens of thousands of soldiers in an attempt to seize the island would result in a deeper debt than before the the Great Depression. The dropping of the bomb ended the war quickly, saved the military money, and save
lives. The bomb wasn’t necessary for victory over Japan. The dropping of the bomb resulted in the slaughtering of civilians. Those civilians were not near the locations of military bases the bombs were meant to kill civilians. However, the fact that military bases at the time were not near civilian populations supports the reason why to drop a bomb on a high population. This strategy bullies the countries into surrender. Two bombs weren’t needed to make the Japanese surrender the second bomb was overkill they didn’t need to kill more people than they already had killed. This is missing the point as the leaders of Japan were given an ultimatum America never would have dropped the bomb had Japan surrendered. Japan simply put its own citizens at risk. America was looking out for the well being of its own citizens and if Japan was looking out for its citizens their wouldn’t have been a bomb dropped. The german scientists’ ability to split uranium atoms struck fear into the hearts of those who knew the harm that could be done with this technology. The Axis powers never created an atomic bomb, but the US and UK Based “Manhattan Project” had success. They were able to create the first atomic bomb. This new technology began a new era in warfare which is infamously known as the Nuclear Era. In the words of Albert Einstein “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”