dropped an atomic bomb on a Japanese city known as Hiroshima. This bomb was called “Little Boy” and had the power of over 20,000 tons on TNT. With this great power it absolutely destroyed majority of Hiroshima and has been estimated to have killed over 130,000 people. It wasn’t but three days later that the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb called “Fat Man” on another Japanese City known as Nagasaki. It was estimated that “Fat Man” killed somewhere between 60,000-70,000 people. Japan surrendered six
"You know how you see the bright sun that's going down on a very hot day? Bright red -- orange red. That's what it was like," she recalls. "After we heard a big noise like a 'BOONG!' 'BOONG!' Like that. That was the sound." This terrorizing recollection from Tomiko Morimoto who was 13 on On August 6, 1945 when the United States detonated the first atomic weapon for the purpose of war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The decision to drop the atomic bomb is the most extreme act of war in the history
The Atomic Bomb and the Manhattan Project The Manhattan project was a plan that started the Atomic Bomb. It was the most top kept secret in the U.S Army. Both the Manhattan Project and the Atomic bomb made history in World War II. This decision to make the Atomic Bomb and the Manhattan Project showed the importance of putting an end to World War II by using important people to develop weapons of mass destruction. There were a lot of important people during the war that helped
Should the atomic bombs have been dropped on Japan? TARGET: 7B-Use evidence from the sources to explain different points of view to reach a supported judgement There have been many debates over whether the two atomic bombs should have been dropped on Japan. Many people argue that Japan was close to surrender and that the use of two atomic bombs was too excessive. Even some Americans thought the bombs should not have been dropped, an example of this is “The Japanese were already defeated” This was
I think there were many advantages and disadvantages to dropping the atomic bombs in order to end the war. The Japanese were given many chances to surrender, but chose not to; they were also warned that if they did not soon surrender they will be facing a mass destruction. Despite all these chances and warnings they still chose to ignore and kept doing what they were doing. They knew that if they
DECISION-MAKING: TRUMAN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB Background: World War II was coming to an end. Germany surrendered in May 1945. In the Pacific, Japan was in retreat. It had lost most of the lands it had conquered. The fighting became harder as the Americans came closer to Japan because many Japanese soldiers would rather die fighting than surrender. The Emperor they worshipped told them soldiers who died in battle would have a glorious afterlife. Japanese suicide pilots called “kamikazes” sank American
the ally troops were completely transported back to their home countries from Japan, the population of the island was zero. 36 million Japanese people were killed, including every civilian man, woman, and child, in the two yearlong invasion. Fast forward 60 years from this day and the existence of Japanese culture can only be found in history books. Thankfully, due to the decision to drop the nuclear bombs on Japan, this did not happen. The war ended without Operation Downfall being put in to effect
8 June 2015 Why the Atomic Bomb Should have been Dropped On August 6 and August 9 of 1945, perhaps the most controversial war decision in American history took place. This decision was deciding to drop the atomic bombs in Hiroshima, Japan on the sixth and Nagasaki, Japan on the ninth. Killing thousands of individuals instantaneously with Japan’s army in a weak state, many argue that the bombings were unnecessary. Despite these arguments, the dropping of the atomic bombs was both necessary and justified