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Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan


             that among Japanese soldiers and civilians. The thousands who have .
             died in the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were far less .
             than would have died in an allied invasion, and their sudden deaths.
             convinced the Japanese military to surrender. .
             Every nation has an interest in being at peace with other .
             nations, but there has never been a time when the world was free of.
             the scourge of war. Hence, peaceful nations must always have adequate .
             military force at their disposal in order to deter or defeat the .
             aggressive designs of rogue nations. The United States was therefore .
             right in using whatever means were necessary to defeat the Japanese .
             empire in the war which the latter began, including the use of .
             superior or more powerful weaponry-not only to defeat Japan but to .
             remain able following the war to maintain peace sufficiently to .
             guarantee its own existence. A long, costly and bloody conflict is a .
             wasteful use of a nation's resources when quicker, more decisive means .
             are available. Japan was not then-or later-the only nation America had .
             to restrain, and an all-out U.S. invasion of Japan would have risked .
             the victory already gained in Europe in the face of the palpable .
             thereat of Soviet domination. .
             Finally, we can never forget the maxim of Edmund Burke: "The .
             only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do.
             nothing." The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought us into a war .
             which we had vainly hoped to avoid. We could no longer "do nothing" .
             but were compelled to "do something" to roll back the Japanese .
             militarists. Victims of aggression have every right both to end the .
             aggression and to prevent the perpetrator of it from continuing or .
             renewing it. Our natural right of self defense as well as our moral .
             duty to defeat tyranny justified our decision to wage the war and, .
             ultimately, to drop the atomic bomb. We should expect political .
             leaders to be guided by moral principles but this does not mean they .


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1. Atomic

... about two billion dollars" (Moss 22). Dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified, that is why we dropped the bombs. The dropping of the atomic bombs saved many American lives, as well as many Japanese lives. Dropping the atomic bombs also ended World War II. Why shouldn't we have dropped the atomic bombs on Japan? After all, Japan did not want to surrender and they were the hated ... were justified. First off, if the United States had not dropped the bombs who knows when World War II would have ended? The President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, threatened t...

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2. President Truman and the Atomic Bomb

... humanity was put in jeopardy. The United State's isolationism in the 1930s, ended in 1941. This was when the United States declared war on Japan, following the bombing of the Pearl Harbor. This caused quite a stir. After the atomic bombs were dropped, Harry Truman responded to a letter from Irv Kupcinet of the Chicago Sun Times. He wrote: "I knew what I was doing when I stopped the ... , despite the arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union at the time, when Truman discussed with Josef Stalin about the use of the atomic bombs on Japan, Stalin reacted rather supportively. "Truman: O...

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3. U.S.'s Decision to drop atomic bombs

... to drop or not to drop atomic bombs on Japan. On August 6th and 9th of 1945 U.S. bombers dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing utter destruction and many deaths. These bombs were dropped as the Pacific battles of World War II were coming to an end. Soon after Japan surrendered, ending the war. But, was the use of atomic warfare necessary? Was it too ... the Pacific. Dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima was the right choice of the American military. The critic's opinion is that U.S. decision to use the atomic bombs was political not military. Cri...

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4. Hiroshima, Nagasak and the Atomic Bomb

... the very last man and would continually deny surrender. The dropping of the bomb came from a complex abundance of military, domestic and diplomatic issues and outcomes. Although dropping the atomic bombs on Japan killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, the act was necessary because it saved countless lives (American and Japanese), justified the brutality of the Japanese during Pearl Harbor and the ... effect of the use of the two atomic bombs is the fact that they ended WWII. Although V-E Day ended the war for most European countries, the war in the Pacific continued for a f...

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5. History Essay - The Atomic Bomb

... days later. Another 40,000 civilians perished in the disaster, not to mention the many more who died later from injuries and radiation poisoning. Japan had no choice but to surrender at this point. I believe that the atomic bombs dropped on Japan were not justified. Even though President Harry S. Truman was trying to make the right decision and end the war as quickly as possible, I think ... it was unnecessary to drop the powerful and destructive nuclear bombs on Japan. In a letter to a journalist Truman stated, "I knew what I was doing when I stopped the war ... refusing to surrender ...

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6. Atomic Bomb

... who died, die in vain. Our natural right of vengeance as well as our moral duty to defeat justified Truman's decision to wage an atomic war on Japan. Truman knew the moral issues accompanied with this attack, but he knew the only way to end bloodshed was with bloodshed. There had ... million lives would be saved; General George Marshall stated that the figure would be closer to a half a million. After the dropping of the two bombs Truman noted that Hiroshima was a military base and that we wished to avoid killing civilians. Despite the fact that Truman was trying to justify killing ... b...

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7. President Truman's Big Decision - The Atomic Bomb

... bombs (the one dropped on Hiroshima was uranium based, while the one which hit Nagasaki was plutonium based) would work in combat, and to demonstrate to the Soviets the destructive power of the bombs, demonstrating that the U.S. was not afraid to use them. As you can see, Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb not only because he wished to swiftly end the war in Japan ... to save American lives." Eisenhower was not the only one who believed it was unnecessary to drop nuclear bombs on Japan. Gen. Curtis LeMay predicted that the war would have been over (anyway) in two weeks. While ... bom...

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8. Should the United States Have Dropped the Atomic Bomb

... destroyed. All that was seen standing were the skeletons of a few concrete buildings. On August 9th another atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The same type of destruction was seen afterwards in this city. The Japanese then surrendered on August 14, 1945. Should the United Stated have dropped the atomic bombs? Many people had different views about the necessity of this bombing. Two opposing ... of the Interim Committee and the reasons why Stimson advised President Truman to drop the bombs on Japan without warning- (Andrea/Overfield, pg. 418). In "The Frank Report-...

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9. Decision To Drop The Atomic Bomb

... atomic bomb was just that...Atomic. It coast millions of lives, lives across the globe. August 6th of 1945 the was day the first bomb was dropped on Japan, but in no way was it the first bomb to be dropped. Months of preparation, and numerous test bombs were dropped on ... on Japan. Our Government had other options, and knew that we could use them. There was no need to bomb either of the Japanese cities, it was by no means a good long-term decision, in fact we as a nation are fighting the same use of chemical warfare today. The two atomic bombs were dropped on ... August 6th and 9th of...

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10. History of the Atomic Bomb

... for the country. Truman made the final decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan. There are two industrial cities in Southern Japan that were close to the chosen targets of where the atomic bombs were to be dropped: "Hiroshima, a military centre, with 320,000 people, and Nagasaki which had a population of 260,000" (Killingray 9). On August 6, 1945, a B-29 Super fortress named Enola Gay left the Pacific ... bleed beneath the skin, due to the radiation. This caused many to have big blotches on their body, resembling a bruise, but they don't go away. On August 9th, 1945, three days aft...

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