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The Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bomb

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Atomic Bomb: Was it morally and mathematically justifiable?
September 1, 1939, was the start of a tragedy to come. Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, invaded their neighbor, Poland; it led Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany. Hitler had plans to consolidate Europe and eventually world domination. In 1941, Japan attacked US Navy Port, Pearl Harbor, that ultimately made the United States enter the war. The main protagonist in the war was the “Axis Powers”— Germany, Italy, and Japan — against “the Allies”— Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States. The intervention of the United States ultimately turned the tides of the war in Europe and helped the allies defeat the Germans and Italians. While in the Pacific, the United …show more content…

The scientists sent the key material for the nuclear weapon to Los Alamos, New Mexico where a team, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, worked to turn it into a workable atomic bomb. It was soon discovered that an insider, Klaus Fuchs, in fact, turned out to be a soviet spy. The first bomb dropped used uranium and it was dubbed “little boy” for its relatively small size compared to the plutonium type bomb dubbed “fat man” for its big round shape. The first bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, on Hiroshima, Japan. The second bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945, on Nagasaki, Japan. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen because they were pivotal to the Japanese military machine at the time. They were also chosen because they were cities that were in range for the B-29’s to reach with the heavy bombs they were …show more content…

That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians. But that attack is only a warning of things to come. If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on her war industries and, unfortunately, thousands of civilian lives will be lost. I urge Japanese civilians to leave industrial cities immediately, and save themselves from destruction.
The bomb not only had short term consequences with death and destruction of thousands of people but long term consequences for the survivors. Dr. Masao Tomonaga, an atomic bomb survivor, sat down with Vincent Bernard in an interview speaking about his experience with the second atomic bomb. Vincent Bernard asked, “As a doctor and a scientist, you specialized in the effects of radiation. What are some important findings on the health consequences of the atomic bomb?” To which Mr. Tomonaga replied:
Research shows that “short-distance survivors” – those who were located within 1.5 km of the hypocenter of the blast – have an average rate of leukemia about fifty times higher than the average rate of leukemia occurrences among distant survivors. This was the first finding of an atomic bomb radiation-induced disease,

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Japan was already going to surrender, but they wanted surrender terms that they would find acceptable (Walker). They had problems within their country such as starvation. Britain and the United States had knowledge that when Russia entered the war, they were close to accepting surrender terms (Alperovitz). One might argue the bomb was unnecessary and we should have waited a longer amount of time to give Japan time to make their decision. The United States rushed the droppings of the two bombs on August 6th and 9th (Alperovitz).

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If the bombs were not dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States would have lost at least one million American soldiers in a mainland invasion of Japan (Tucker, 5). That stated, dropping the bombs was the only viable option for sparing both American lives, as well as Japanese lives. The dropping of the bombs, albeit horrific, is justifiable because it saved millions of both American and Japanese lives, prevented the waste of valuable resources, and played a significant role in Japan's surrender. Dropping the bombs saved more lives than if the United States had done a land invasion (Walker, 5). If the war had been prolonged, the United States would have lost millions of lives (Tucker, 5); but the Japanese would also suffer.

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It 's challenging to look back at events and understand the logic of using an atomic bomb without allowing one scrap of knowledge to creep into our decision making. All of this being said, it 's still possible to come to the conclusion that using this weapon was wrong. The belief that a military blockade would end the war wasn 't believed any more than a military blockade without invasion of Germany would work. The notion that Japan was teetering on surrender is silly.

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In the year of 1945, the U.S. had dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, causing a lot of damage. The U.S. was justified when dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima because the Japanese was already ready to surrender and the japanese was already defeated, so there was no point. The bomb killed so many lives that shouldn't have been taken. Thousands of innocent people died or got wounded very badly, which was very unnecessary. Some people even became really sick as well, which was completely unnecessary.

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When America got that warning, they began to work on an atomic bomb, making progress at a rapid rate (Carnes, Garraty, pg. 727). The first successful bomb explosion occurred in Alamogordo,

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Again, the Japanese had no knowledge of the bombs, causing even more devastating casualties. People have argued over the years if the atomic bombing was justified or not, and multiple points can be made on both arguments, yet I take it that the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not justified. Keep in

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On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an Atomic bomb called the Little Boy on Hiroshima in Japan. A few days later the united states dropped another atomic bomb called the Fat man on the city of Nagasaki. The dropping of an atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the wars quickly, as Japan saw the devastating effects it had on their people and country. The decision to drop the bomb was a very hard one to agree on but changed lives for others. There are many pros and cons of the atomic bombs.

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There have been few national catastrophic events that have remained relevant to each new generation of people. Some of these circumstances occurred naturally while others caused great damage purposefully. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings of World War II are among the moments in time that are recognizable to each person worldwide. Although these bombings were extremely significant during the war and lead to Japanese surrender, there are many speculations concerning whether or not the bombings were crucial for the victory of the United States. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were both extremely necessary because other strategies of the United States to end the war would not have been as effective, the United States needed a way to intervene

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Austin West Chamberlain AVSC-1010 13 March 2024 The Atom Bomb: Were two needed? On August 9, 1945, an Atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese City of Hiroshima. Years of research and development had gone into creating the bomb, with some of the greatest minds in history working on the project. Just 3 days later, a second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.

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On August 6th and 9th, 1945, the United States detonated the first and only atomic bombs ever used in war on Hiroshima and Nagaski. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians were killed, being vaporized or burned in an instant. Surviving victims were affected physiologically and physically, with radiation sickness, starvation, cancer, and crippling mutilations. The controversy of ‘did the ends justify the means?’ still lingers today about the US' decision. The United States believed the threat of the atomic bombs and their lasting radiation effects had a chance at finally putting an end to World War II, while saving the lives of more soldiers than invading.

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Was America Justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? On August 6th, 1945 at 8:16 AM, a great yet horrific event in history occurred. This event is known as the dropping of the atom bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, the event that would begin and end the pain and suffering of millions. The atom bomb was dropped by an American B-29 Superfortress bomber named Enola Gay and

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President Truman and his associates believed that if they dropped the bomb they would receive surrender from Japan. Thus, saving millions of American lives, and ending the war. Nevertheless, by saving American lives they would sacrifice thousands of Japanese civilians. They had other idea to have Japan to surrender, but were willing to take the one that would have the most consequences. They were thinking too much about the US instead of creating actually peace within the nations.

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As all the world has known, the biggest atomic bomb in warfare history by the end of World War 2 is the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima that hit on August 9th, 1945 by the direct order of our 33rd president of The United States Of America; Harry S. Truman. He thought this bomb would bring a close ending of the war (World War 2) and it definitely did but it was too much to handle afterwards when it hit. There was no choice for Truman because there was no other way to bring the war into a close. It was the last call, but they didn’t realize that after they released the bomb, it was hard to decide whether it was a mistake or the right decision. The bomb killed innocent people of 199,000 (plus more).

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There were 2 atomic bomb that was dropped in the World War II. The 2 atomic bombs is called The Fat Man and The Little Boy. Little boy was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. An American B-29 (a type of plane) called the "Enola Gay" was piloted by Paul W. Tibbets, dropped a uranium atomic bomb that is called The Little Boy, the bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb with its name Little Boy on Hiroshima, Hiroshima was Japan's seventh largest city. In minutes, half of the city was destroyed.

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