On August 6th, 1945, the U.S. B-29 aircraft the “Enola Gay” dropped the nuclear bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima Japan. During WWII, the Japanese attacked one of our bases in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor. They destroyed around 20 U.S. ships, and 300 planes. They killed around 2,400 soldiers, sailors, and civilians. Americans knew the Japanese were planning some kind of attack on the US, but they never expected it to be at Pearl Harbor. We knew we had to avenge Pearl Harbor, and fight against evil, but was bombing Hiroshima the correct tactic? Here is why I believe it was.
After the bombing at Pearl Harbor, America fell into an unsteady position in war. Pearl Harbor was of our main military bases. The devastation on Pearl Harbor could not go unrecognized.
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With the threat of us building atomic bombs, and having aircraft strong enough to carry these bombs other countries could then be frightened of our power. We were using fear to gain respect and power. The first atomic bomb killed 90,000-146,000 and the Nagasaki bombing the following day killed about half of those in Hiroshima. With the casualties impact, America’s power wasn’t taken for granted anymore. We now looked more powerful than ever. This could benefit us in many other battles in the future because of our new power …show more content…
Months before citizens read about the suicide of Hitler. But the new news was the war was over. Newspapers were headlined with large titles like “THE WAR IS OVER”, and “JAPANESE SURRENDER”. The victorious news for Americans gave us hope. We were now out of the war, and the Great Depression that had been occuring. Although dead, Franklin D. Roosevelt, our president, was able to lead us through the long battle. He was also the first president to be in office for four terms. He did not see the official surrender of Japan, but he knew they were going to give in soon. Now that the war was over, American’s could be at