and experiencing torture and deprivation in prison camps each day the war raged. Additionally‚ it is important to look at the cultural elements of Japan‚ ‚ the possible invasion of Japan‚ and the American morale during this time‚ when addressing the justification of Truman’s decision. Although the Americans had been "winning" before the bombing of Japan‚ the war was still raging and the Japanese were fully engaged in desperate attacks‚ including suicide missions‚ against American personnel. Despite
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On August 6‚ 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ killing thousands of innocent people! The United States did it to force Japan to surrender and end World War II. To this present day it still and will remain a controversy whether or not the US was in the right or wrong of bombing Hiroshima. I argue that the US shouldn’t have attacked Hiroshima the way they did. The politicians in power when this traumatic event occurred could have agreed to a different
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decided that he had no other choice than to bomb the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This important because I do not want anyone to die but 220‚000 is a lot but 360‚000 is more. So this is why the Americans partly bombed Japan. In the the second place I think the US bombed Japan because
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Should We Have Used the Atomic Bomb to Defeat the Japanese in WWII? Despite its destructive consequences‚ the American bombing of Hiroshima was necessary to put an end to the war in the Pacific. President Truman’s choice to release a nuclear weapon on Japan was the fastest solution to ending the United States’ involvement in the Second World War‚ making the decision the most time efficient way out. Hiroshima’s destruction was also‚ very possibly‚ the only way for the United States to win the war‚ because
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the records and manuscripts opened over the past few years has greatly enhanced our understanding of why the Truman administration used atomic weapons against Japan. Experts continue to disagree on some issues‚ but critical questions have been answered. The consensus among scholars is that the bomb was not needed to avoid an invasion of Japan and to end the war within a relatively short time. It is clear that alternatives to the bomb existed and that Truman and his advisers knew it. [Emphasis added
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observed from previous reports‚ Japan’s situation is austere‚ deteriorating rapidly. My fellow leaders and advisors held exceedingly ambivalent views‚ when our American Allies first issued the Potsdam Declaration late July. They demanded unconditional surrender of all our armed forces! If this wasn’t disreputable enough‚ they threatened imminent and complete destruction of not only our forces‚ but they insured absolute devastation of our homeland if we failed to comply with their egregious policy! One consequential
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki The morning of August 6‚ 1945 was devastating to Japan. The United States B-29 bomber Enola Gay had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Nicknamed “Little Boy”‚ it was the first nuclear weapon to be used in warfare and packed an explosion equal to that of 20‚000 tons of TNT. Just three days later‚ another bomb‚ called “Fat Man”‚ was released on the industrial city of Nagasaki. Combined‚ the death toll was above 200‚000 people. Leading up to these attacks‚ much research had
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secret ‘Manhattan Project’ developed this weapon and it was so secret that when President Roosevelt died in office his successor (Harry Truman) only became aware of the project then. Then arose the problem of the Soviet Union entering the war against Japan on the 8th of August 1995 [5]‚ the Soviets were quickly becoming a super power. The alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union during World War II developed out of necessity‚ and out of a shared realisation that each country needed the
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did Truman use the atomic bomb against Japan? What did his decision say about priorities of American foreign policy? | Truman decision and reasons behind deployment of the atomic bomb | | Min Yong Jung | 11/2/2010 | | Harry S. Truman‚ the 33rd President of the United States‚ deployed the atomic bomb on Japan to ensure the end of the Pacific War with minimal US casualties. Upon rejection of the Potsdam Declaration and calls for unconditional surrender by the Japanese‚ the US in direct retaliation
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in the world is not asked to apologize for taking the lives of thousands of civilians? When reflecting on this decision made by the United States‚ there are a few factors worth mentioning. The first is the animosity held by the US not only against Japan but the axis powers in general‚ the strong desire to conclude a very painful time in world history‚ and the United States desire to become heroic. Although I do not know the specific thought processes and or actions that took place during this difficult
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