previously stated events America was considering the use of nuclear weapons to end the war with Japan to prevent unnecessary deaths and use of resources. President Truman was the one made the decision to drop Fat Man on Nagasaki and Little Boy on Hiroshima. They were dropped on August 9th‚ 1945. After considering the pros and cons of the use of nuclear weapons I believe that President Truman and the U.S were not justified in the use of the atomic bomb to force Japan’s surrender. First of all there
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controversial decisions. One major event that has long been debated was the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reason Japan was threatened by the U.S. with the Atomic bomb was to force them to surrender. The war would have taken much longer had an invasion been attempted. An invasion would have cost more lives for both sides than the bombings. The Allies were justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first reason the bombing was justified was that it was the most viable
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usage of atomic bomb on Japan to end the war quickly‚ by doing this‚ he saved tenth of thousands of American soldiers lives. According the Truman’s Decision to Drop the Bomb; four cities were recommended as targets: Hiroshima‚ Kokura‚ Niigata‚ and Nagasaki. The bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ because of fewer populations. The atomic barely got the Japanese to surrender. Us dropped two‚ then only with the intervention of the Emperor and even then‚ there was an attempted coup to prevent surrender
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god for the Atomic Bomb.” Thank God for the Atomic Bomb and Other Essays. New York: Summit Books‚ 1988. Ian Binnington Faculty Home Page. Eastern Illinois University. n.d. web. 4 Jan. 2009. The Manhattan Engineer District. “The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Center for Digital Discourse and Culture. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Web 23 Oct. 2012 United States ---. “Combined Chiefs of Staff Estimate of the Enemy Situation (as of July 6 1945)” 8 July 1945 (PDF) “The
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by the United States‚ with the initial project starting in August of 1942 (“Nuclear Weapons”). The first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the United States on August 6th‚ 1945‚ and on August 9th 1945 a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki (“Science behind”). By dropping two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ the United States forced Japan to unconditionally surrender‚ which ended World War II. After the world saw the power of nuclear weapons‚
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President died before Szilard had a chance to go meet with him. Now‚ with a new President‚ Harry Truman‚ the pressure to use the bomb was too great to be denied. On August 6th‚ 1945 an American bomber‚ the Enola Gay‚ dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. More than 80‚000 people died on impact‚ and tens and thousands later on. Two days later Russia entered the war against Japan and invaded Manchuria‚ but still
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During the World War II era‚ which was from September 1st‚ 1939 to September 2nd‚ 1945‚ many countries had conflict with each other and the development of the atomic bomb began. As time progressed in the war era‚ the bomb was fully developed as the United States dropped two on Japan. As the bombs demolished two cities in Japan‚ many people questioned if the usage of the bomb was necessary or not. The atomic bomb impacted the conflicts between the United States and Japan by forcing Japan to surrender
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airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima‚...That bomb had more power than 20‚000 tons of TNT...which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare”. By the summer of 1945‚ millions of soldiers and citizens of the world had died after years of fighting in the Second World War. Although Europe’s involvement in the war had come to an end‚ the War in the Pacific between the United States and Japan had not found its conclusion. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have come
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Works cited............................................................................................10 2 1 Introduction There is a lot of controversy surrounding the atomic bombs that the United States dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War Two. There are many different schools of thought on the issue amongst politicians‚ historians‚ and scholars‚ some of which are for‚ and others against the bomb’s use. While some claim the bomb was military necessary
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surrender. Nevertheless‚ the leader of Japan ignored the declaration and refused to surrender. As a result‚ the America dropped two atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 6th and 9th in August 1945. The explosion of these two atomic bombs has brought enormous calamity to Japan. The bomb killed 140‚000 inhabitants out of the total of 350‚000 in Hiroshima‚ as well as 70‚000 out of 270‚000 people in Nagasaki. These huge numbers of death have largely led to the serious concern in the Japan to consider
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