not the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was morally acceptable. There is evidence that creates arguments for both sides. To fully understand whether the dropping of the atomic bombs was morally correct, it is important to look at the events that led up to dropping the bombs as well as the events after. I believe that it was morally correct to drop the first atomic bomb, Little Boy, on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945; I do not believe that dropping the second atomic bomb, Fat Man, on Nagasaki
the President of the United States, Harry Truman, came forth and announced to the entire world that the U.S. had 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
Was America justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? The Atomic bomb was dropped on 6th August 1945 on Hiroshima and on 9th August on Nagasaki, Japan by the order president of America, Harry S. Truman. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in history up to date. In most of Europe war had ended, but in Asia, Japan were still resisting. With the recent surprise attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941), America was thinking on launching a full scale invasion
the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: ‘My God, what have we done?”. That was Captain Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay (2017)), the bomber plane which dropped the atomic bomb Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August, 1945. Imagine being a pilot, steering your bomber plane over a city full of children. Imagine opening up your plane’s fuselage and dropping a bomb. Then
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
“As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: ‘My God, what have we done?”. That was Captain Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay (“Enola Gay,” 2017, November 07), the bomber airplane which dropped the atomic bomb Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August, 1945. Imagine being a pilot, steering your bomber airplane over a city full of children. Imagine opening up your airplane’s fuselage and dropping a bomb. Then imagine
President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. They were confident that the application of atomic bombings would end up the war faster. At that, they forgot about horrific consequences of more than thousands of innocent deaths. The counter argument in this context was that Japan made the attack on the United States. After the horrible event, Americans questioned themselves whether Truman really saved lives by killing the enemies. Truman wanted to save lives and end the war as he
August of 1945 was the month when an atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulting in over 40,000 deaths. Six days later Japan surrendered and ended World War ll. But there is much speculation over whether the atomic bombing of these two cities was the best way to get the message across. Robert Maddox and Gar Alperovitz are two men with opposing viewpoints on the bombs, Maddox is for the bombs and Alperovitz is against. The bombings done in Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the lives of thousands
code of honor. Knowing this, the US only had a few choices left to defeat Japan without mass casualties on both sides. One of the main options was the dropping of atomic bombs. President of the United States: Harry Truman chose this option. In the course of three days (August 6, August 9 1945) two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This resulted in an estimated 260,000 fatalities,
Harriet Truman's decision to drop two atomic bombs in the country of japan on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was unjustified for a number of reasons; For starters japan was already beat it was just a waiting game before japan ran out of war supplies, and had the army, supplies, and strength to win the war. Another reason is because of Trumans scare tactics to raise death tolls after invasions because he was set on dropping the bombs. Finally we didn't need to launch the bomb in japan we used that to not only