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How Did The Atomic Bomb Affect Society

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“The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.”-Herbert Hoover. The effects of the atomic bombs were catastrophic in Japan and they impact many of their lives still today. The atomic bomb droppings in Japan have caused many mental, physical, and genetic disorders, as well as leaving many children orphaned, and causing fear that should not have had to been a part of Japanese citizens everyday lives.
I don’t think that it is humane to cause so much terror in a person that any time they see a plane they run and hide in a shelter. These victims of the bombings were so terrified that they could not carry on with their daily lives. “One of my children was killed by it, and I didn't care what …show more content…

There are two different types of radiation, initial and induced. An example of initial radiation is black rain. Black rain was a thick, oil-like substance that fell soon after the bombings. It was a dangerously radioactive water that was ingested by breathing or drinking the contaminated water. Induced radiation was found in things like soil and concrete. Both types of radiation caused radiation poisoning that led to the cells in living tissue not functioning properly. The affected cells could then hinder the living tissue and prevent it from doing its normal …show more content…

According to Swain, “the National Diet (parliament) in May 1949 passed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Reconstruction Law and the Nagasaki International Culture City Reconstruction Law.” In Hiroshima the bombs destroyed all building within 2.5km of ground zero. In Nagasaki the explosion was less felt since the area is hilly, but the destruction was still catastrophic. Plans to rebuild the 119 war devastated cities began in November 1945. For Hiroshima, the reconstruction was planned to restore about 1.3 million square meters. This central area could accommodate about 350,000

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When the United States dropped the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, it showed the world that it had a capability for destruction the likes of which had never been seen before. Less than one week after the bombings, Japan agreed to an unconditional surrender with the Allied Powers, officially ending the second World War. While these attacks helped to finally bring an end to the largest global conflict in history, they are understandably still the topic of debate over seventy years later. Even though there are many negatives associated with the bombings, they were ultimately necessary because Japan would not have surrendered otherwise, and the lives of countless soldiers and Japanese civilians were spared because of the attacks.

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On August 6, 1945 a uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped on Hiroshima Japan by the Enola Gay: an American B-29 super-fortress bomber. President Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop this atom bomb on that fateful day, proceeding to be one of the most controversial decitions in history. Having killed a little under 66,000 people as a result of the bomb dropping, there is no possibility that this decision would not have been controversial. Despite all of the atrocity that has come out of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima Japan, I believe that it was a necessary evil to drop the bomb. Japan’s leaders and especially its military leaders clung fiercely to the notions of Ketsu-Go (decisive battle) and without the bombs there was no starting point to begin to break down those powerful beliefs.

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Although there were many short-term effects of the war, there were many long-term effects as well. The most significant long-term effect is cancer. The common types of cancer caused by radiation exposure are thyroid cancer and leukemia. Even after twenty years, children of those exposed to radiation were born with birth defects. People also suffered from keloids, scars that swelled after healing, and cataracts, the condition of foggy eyes.

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The first bombing in Hiroshima failed to elicit immediate Japanese surrender even though it caused the most damage and took more lives than Fat Man (“Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki” 1). During Truman’s speech of informing the American public that the US had dropped an entirely new type of bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, he warned that if Japan still refused to surrender unconditionally they would continue to attack and leave them with equally devastating results (“Potsdam and the Final Decision to use the Bomb” 6). Japan still refused to surrender and the second bombing in Nagasaki occured. This bombing resulted finally in the unconditional surrender that Truman anticipated (“Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki” 1). He felt that this surrender would only have result from the atomic bombs.

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Due to the actions of the American government, the Japanese constantly lived with a thirst for vengeance. That kind of malevolence takes a toll on a person, and can be seriously detrimental to one’s mental health. Instead of being able to live peacefully in the world, the Japanese need only think of Hiroshima and

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In the twentieth century, the United States dropped two atomic bombs, which were the most powerful weapons at that time, on Japan. It happened on August 6 and August 9, 1945. The atomic bombs killed 226,000 Japanese and ended the war. However, America should not have dropped the atomic bombs for two reasons. First, it was not necessary to drop the bomb to win the war militarily or to get the Japanese to surrender.

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bombs were inhumane due to the injuries it caused. It was a way of being cruel and heartless by using the atomic bomb. In addition, the bomb caused widespread deaths and damage. Robert Oppenheimer who was the American physicist who is referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb” stated that “the active material of the bomb itself is toxic.” Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not military targets and as

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Four years later into the war the United States on August 6, 1945 dropped the world’s first arranged atomic bomb over Hiroshima in Japan. The explosion distributed through ninety percent of the city and instantly killed 80,000 people. Thousands of innocent lives would later die from radiation exposure. Without any hesitation three days later, the second bomb was released into Japan this time in Nagasaki, terminating roughly 40,000 people (Staff, History.com, 2015). This being said I would like to start off by saying that I think it is just incredibly terrible how far war can take a nation into the brink of having no other choice but leading into the manslaughter of thousands of people.

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The atomic bombs also caused numerous devastating long lasting effects to the innocent Japanese population. For example,

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“The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city” (History Staff, 2009), killing an estimated 80,000 people. Three days later a second, more powerful bomb, “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki causing the deaths of 40,000 more people. Over the next few months after the attack, roughly 100,000 more people died as a result of radiation poisoning (Herken, 2014). The bombings were the result of an executive order from President of the United States during 1945, Harry Truman. President Truman was encouraged to bomb Japan in spite of their impending surrender as a consequence of their weak forces due to their stubbornness to retreat.

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The use of the atomic bomb in World War II was a horrifying site. Although the use of the first bomb on Hiroshima may be justified the use of the second bomb on Nagasaki was not. The use of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a necessary step towards winning the war with Japan. The dropping of this bomb saved many American lives that would have most likely been lost in the war effort had we decided not to use the atomic bomb.

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There are three parts to a nuclear explosion: heat wave, pressure wave, and radiation. The heat wave refers to the massive fires caused by the explosion and the pressure wave refers to the powerful wind created by the initial shock. The last part of the explosion, radiation, has short term and long terms effects. The short term effects include radiation sickness resulting in dehydration and malnutrition which can be fatal. Since animals have a similar response to radiation, most of the animal and plant kingdoms die.

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It had a major effect on people during the time. Many lost their lives, but some also lost loved ones, family, and friends. Even those people that survived the bomb died later on in their life from different diseases and cancers caused by the radiation, or still suffer from radiation poisoning and can have mental and physical problems caused by it. These illnesses can be things like mental retardation. They can also be physical like some of their skin had burned off from the radiation.

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Atomic bombs also cause a nuclear fallout, a nuclear fallout is when there is a large amount of radiation in the area and it is not safe to go outside because of it. There are 4 radiuses in which different things happen, the first ring is where the mushroom cloud occurs sending large amounts of dust in the air, the second is the area in which fatalities are near 100% and all buildings are destroyed, the third is where there are extreme injuries if no fatalities, the final ring is where 3rd degree burns occur. There are multiple different bombs but the largest one ever ignited is the Tsar Bomba with a radius of destruction of 31.9 miles large. Atomic bombs also cause fire due to the extreme radiated heat from the

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