Dropping the atomic bombs on Japan was the best plan of action in the situation the United States was in. The whole world was in shambles, people were begging for the war to end and they wanted all their loved ones to be fighting. The United States needed a way to end the war quickly after years of massacre and they knew the Japanese would not surrender unless they were forced to quit. The United States’ government knew the Japanese mindset was all about fighting with honor and that there was honor in death. This is why the States had to show their power and ability to make the Japanese fully surrender.…
DBQ: Dropping the Atomic Bomb on Japan The decision President Truman had to make regarding dropping a fission bomb onto Japanese cities in order to end the war would have been too hard for most of us to handle. America was weary after 4 years of almost total war with Germany, Italy, and Japan and the war needed to end. At this point, Japan was alone and dragging its feet after many losses. From the history we know, the decision was justified as it ended a devastating war with no end in sight and it saved more lives than were lost.…
In the document we have a scientist by the name of Karl T. Compton that after the bombing of Japan had gone to see the state of post war Japan. He was there for the main reason to see the atomic bombs effects, and to see if it should have been used in the first place. On one hand if the U.S. had not used the bombs then an invasion would to have to occur which would mean lots of casualties on both sides just to invade, and not including the take over. Aslo if the Allies had invaded and then Japan surrendered the people would not have, and they would have probably kept on fighting. Even then the atomic bombs still was a minor deterrent to some Japanese escape to the ones far from the bombed cities.…
When analyzing the document, it can be seen that Japan is an island. This would have made it difficult for the U.S. to conduct a full-scale invasion of the Japanese home islands. Japan is also located all the way across the Pacific Ocean which would have made the invasion even more difficult. Americans would have had to travel across the vast ocean for a long period of time while trying to avoid attacks just to reach the island. This would have been a very inefficient way to defeat the…
In “From Hiroshima Diary” by Michihiko Hachia and “The Price We Pay” by Adam Mayblum, both authors tell about their personal experiences during attacks they were both victims in. Throughout their stories both authors experience many challenges they had during the attacks, they similarly conclude that they were both thankful and lucky to be alive. However, while Hachia was a doctor during the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Mayblum was an associate who worked at one of the World Trade Center. Both men were trying to get to a safer place away from the attacks they were in. Mayblum was did not comprehend what was going on, “My father said, get out, there is a third plane coming.…
During WWII there was one major discovery that not only changed history then, but also continues to change how wars are fought to this day. Yes, this discovery was the atomic bomb. Harry Truemen is credited with saying, “It’s (referring to the atomic bomb) production and its use were not lightly undertaken by this government.” To the general public this might seem like a typical wartime statement. He goes on (in document H) to say that since we had the technology we used it to decimate Japan and stop them from attacking the U.S, but is that all the bomb was used for?…
The attack was planned in the hopes too buy them the time and space needed to invade South-East Asia, without too much interference from America, it did. The Japanese also thought that after the devastation of the assault, America would sue for peace, they did…
It was an average, hot day in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Home to the Japanese army’s Second General Headquarters, yet also home to 280,000 civilians, 43,000 military personnel, and 20,000 Korean forced laborers (Gray, Paul, and Kunii). Everything had been running accordingly, adults going to their jobs, school children assisting in the cleaning of the streets, until they saw a foreign object, hurling at them at a fast speed. It exploded before anyone had the chance to choke out the work ‘bomb’, leaving the menace behind the death trap, President Truman,a villain to Japan. The Japanese had attacked multiple places before the bombing occurred, including cities such as Shanghai, Manchuria, and most famously, Pearl Harbor.…
The use of the Atomic Bomb was both necessary and justified as it immediately ended World War II, solidified the United States as a superpower, and contained the germinating powers of Japan and Russia. The use of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately ended World War II and stopped the continuation of catastrophic and widespread violence in Japan. The Japanese had an audacious outlook on their offense throughout the duration of the war. It was suggested by Admiral William E. Leahy that, “The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender”(Source 2).…
Many people, who have been through an extreme event and lost a loved one, feels like their lives have also ended. They often feel like everything is gone, and there is nothing to live for. The message in John Hersey’s nonfiction book Hiroshima, is that people may have survived and be living, but they have lost their lives. Hiroshima informs those, who have not experienced or not heard of World War II, about the Japanese side after the major event of the United States’ drop of an atomic bomb. It shows the lives of six survivors after the tragic event and how their lives were affected.…
Upon reading John Hersey’s Hiroshima, many different feelings and reactions to the book stuck out. The impact of the bomb dropping impacted the entire world indirectly, but greatly impacted both Japan and America, for years to come. Japanese individuals were not only impacted during the time the bomb dropped, but for many years after. The American reason for bombing parts of Japan was justified, but dropping the atomic bomb took everything a step too far. Hersey’s book shows people the dark side of war, and the impact of never before used weapons.…
On August 8, 1945, the sun had risen on the city of Hiroshima with the warm thought of just a regular day for the thousands of Japanese people. Instead, they received the opposite. Unexpectedly in midday, a dark mushroom cloud rises 20,000 feet up into the air of Hiroshima. The entire city was forced to the exposure and death of the atomic bombing the U.S had dropped. An innocent witness of the bombing recalls, ‘“Suddenly, a strong flash of light startled me - and then another.…
The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Abhorrent but Necessary On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima, Japan went up in smoke when “Little Boy,” an atomic bomb developed in the secretive Manhattan Project, was dropped. Three days later, the atomic bomb dubbed “Fat Man” obliterated another Japanese city, Nagasaki. The bombing itself and its effect on survivors’ health was devastating, and President Truman’s decision to drop the bombs remains highly controversial 71 years later. In fact, Naji Dahi, Ph.D., insists that the bombings were unnecessary, unjustified, and ineffective.…
Were bombs always this powerful or have evolved this much over time? In Hiroshima we dropped an atomic bomb now we have nuclear bombs. Which makes us ask, how were we changed by war? In Hiroshima an a-bomb was dropped and it changed the lives of many people. We are all heavily changed by war because of fear, technology, and our own experiences.…
In this critical analysis, I will be explaining the triptych that I have created which I will be explaining the experiences of Dr Sasaki in the book Hiroshima by John Hersey. I have chosen to use Dr Sasaki because of his dedication and commitment he had to the people of Hiroshima. The triptych reflects the before, middle and after math of the attacks on Hiroshima and Dr Sasaki’s involvement and connection with the bombing of Hiroshima. In my triptych, I have told the story of Dr Saskai’s involvement by using visual techniques such as symbols, salience, vector lines and colour to tell the story of Dr Sasaki in the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.…