The Purpose Of The Atomic Bomb

The atomic bomb is a very dangerous weapon that was built on July 16, 1945, during the

time of World War II. On August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945 the bomb was dropped on

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Total of two bombs was dropped one called “Little Boy” and

one called “Fat Boy”. The dropping of the bomb was necessary and justified because of many

reasons. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. This

attack made America join World War II and the dropping of the atomic bomb was a revenge to

Japan’s attack to Pearl Harbor. At that time the war has been fought for 6 years, many soldiers

and civilians are dying because of the war. The best way to end the war was by dropping the

bomb, it would kill the least amount of people and the war is going to end. Also America want to

So the dropping of

the bomb is right because of these reasons and it should be justified.

The first reason of dropping the bomb is the attack on Pearl Harbor. “The Japanese

managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships,

and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack,

and another 1,000 were wounded.” (“Pearl Harbor”) This has clearly showed the damage Japan

did to America on the Pearl Harbor attack. Japan has killed and injured more than 3,000