The United States decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki In World War 2 the United states of America made a major decision in their reaction to the bombings they received in Pearl Harbour, they choose to demonstrate there power once and for all to the rest of the world, by making a very controversial decision. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbour. Taking the Americans by surprise 19 ships were sunk and about 2,400 American soldiers and sailors were killed. Four years later, on August 6 and August 9, 1945 the Americans would take the Japanese by surprise by destroying the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with two atomic bombs. This decision is still an ongoing debate with many historians and politicians on why the atomic bomb, and why these cities. Harry Truman said in regard to the atomic bomb, "it seems to be the most terrible thing ever discovered, but it can be made the most useful" The atomic bomb could very well be the most terrible thing ever invented. It is a weapon of destruction. "When first tested with only thirteen pounds of the explosive, the bomb left a crater six feet deep and twelve hundred feet in diameter as well as causing a sixty foot steel tower to literally di
The city as a whole was highly at risk to fire damage. New York press, 1995 Feis, Herbert. Samuel Walker, Hiroshima in History and Memory, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. The only way anyone can judge Truman's motives in dropping the atomic bomb is by analyzing the result of his decision. Most obviously, it would punish the Japanese for the bombing of Pearl Harbour and the bad treatment of American prisoners of war. It was likely a combination of many things punishment, justification of cost, saving lives, and ending the war as quickly as possible. The Hiroshima bombing killed about 66,000 people and destroyed 4. A timely end to the war would mean that no land invasion of Japan is necessary. and edge in the coming Cold War by showing that he was not afraid to use these weapons of mass destruction. Some of the reinforced concrete buildings were far stronger than required by normal standards in America, because of the earthquake danger in Japan (Wyden). Even if Truman had chosen to invade instead of use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they would still have been used, just in a different way. Also, an atomic bombing of Japan is also the only thing that would justify the cost of the Manhattan Project.
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