Compare And Contrast Essay On Hiroshima And Nagasaki

     The book, Hiroshima, is the story of six individuals who experienced the true effects of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. Miss Toshinki Sasaki, a clerk in the East Asia Tin Works factory, just sat down in the plant office and was turning to converse with the girl at the next desk when the bomb exploded. Dr. Masakazu Fujii, a physician, was relaxing on his porch, which overlooked the Kyo River, where he was reading the morning periodical when the shell detonated. Before the eruption, Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura was observing her neighbor destruct his house as part of a fire lane in preparation of an American attack. Previous to the attack, Father

In the summer of 1945, the United States made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was in order to force Japan to surrender due to the fact that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, executed American soldiers, and were willing to fight to the death.

Wilfred Burchett, an Australian journalist who visited Hiroshima just a month after the Hiroshima bombing. He provides evidence that he did not approve of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For example he stated that he saw people in hospitals dying mysteriously, ‘they lost their appetites, their hair fell out . . their flesh began rotting away from their bones.’ (Direct quote from source A). He also stated that ‘thousands of people came out of their shelters to watch the bomb descend by parachute’ they didn’t realise what was to come next.

During world war two, the Imperial Japanese army forced an estimated 200,000 women into sexual slavery. This is just one of the many atrocities committed by Japan during world war two. Even though many say that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inhumane, the US was completely justified because the future casualties were minimized and Japan and its allies committed atrocious war crimes.

One of the most controversial and heavily scrutinized issue of the twentieth century was President Harry S. Truman’s decision to unleash atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The motives behind Truman’s actions are shrouded in controversy as top military officials publicly denounced the use of such a disastrous weapon. There is overwhelming evidence supporting both sides of the decision, as historians are split in opinion. The United States had been using conventional bombing to try to push Japan over the edge to surrender, but with countless Japanese civilians loyal to their country, invading Japan proved to be more problematic than first thought. Harry S. Truman made the ultimate decision of dropping the atomic bomb in hopes that it would end the war, but the amount of casualties caused by it has historians questioning if it was morally right, “The bomb was unfortunate, but it was the only means to bring Japan to a surrender,” historian Sadao Asada states (Bomb 9). Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justifiable because they would ultimately lead to the end of the war and would demonstrate U.S. supremacy.

The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed and saved many people in the first World War. The Bombs killed 146,000 people but ended the War and possibly saved 500,000 people from dying in the War. The Bombings made Japan surrender early which completed the war and put the war in the History books. Most of the people died because of The actual explosion or The Radiation and eventually received Radiation Cancer.

After reading our literature, I do not believe that the United States was justified in using nuclear weapons against the Japanese Civilians. The video, Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, showed the devastating affects that this caused on people not immediately killed by the blast. It was a terrible sight to see some of those innocent children suffering in the video. It was said that the energy alone from the bombs was the equivalent of being dropped into the sun. 100,000 people died with those blasts. I also personally feel that this was not an ethical decision due to the severity of damage and the loss of innocent lives.

Ever wondered how many people survived after the atomic bombing that the United States dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan? How all the people of Hiroshima received medical attention and had survived? According to research, there were over eighty thousand people that were affected after the bombing, meaning injured or got their homes taken away from the big explosion, and there were about 11,470 people that needed medical help. The Hiroshima bombing was a total massacre because there were people who had their flesh hanging off their body, bones out of place, and not to mention all the blood that covered the city. The bombing of Hiroshima, Japan happened on August 6, 1945 around 8:16 am. After the bombing, there were a lot of people that were either dead or injured. The hospitals are where people had to go in order to try and survive the high radiation levels.

The people of Hiroshima suffered after the nuke was dropped, but this was necessary for a better future. People can learn from the past to grow our communities by looking at what others had to go through in order to have peace and not be constantly at war.

However, it is difficult to make a case for the ethics in the use of the atomic bombing of Japan. Although it may have been needed to end the war, war, in any manner, is never ethical and all those innocent people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki should not have died.

“On 6 August and 9 August 1945, the first two atomic bombs to be used for military purposes were dropped on Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, respectively. One hundred thousand people were killed, 6 square miles or over 50 percent of the built up areas of the two cities were destroyed.” (World War II and Mccarthyism 367) As we can see from the quote above, weapons of mass destruction are powerful. This brings into conversation numerous opposing sides of morality, and what it takes to win the war. Were the Japanese going to surrender? Was the use of force by the United States justified? The decision that led to dropping the atomic bomb on Japan spanned from three motives:

Although WW II ended over 50 years ago there is still much discussion as to the events which ended the War in the Pacific. The primary event which historians attribute to this end are the use of atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although the bombing of these cities did force the Japanese to surrender, many people today ask "Was the use of the atomic bomb necessary to end the war?" and more importantly "Why was the decision to use the bomb made?" Ronald Takaki examines these questions in his book Hiroshima.

I am for the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The main reason I am for the use of the atomic bombs is because the use of the atomic bombs saved American lives. Japanese people were willing to die for their God; they saw suicide at the best way out. The Japanese culture did not think highly of people who surrendered. Surrender was looked at as being the weak thing to do. Studies have been done showing what the causality would have been for Americans if had not dropped the bomb and had continued the war. The number of casualties ranges from thirty one thousand to one point seven million American lives. The Japanese’s and military tactics that would result in a higher number of American lives lost. The Japanese would

On May 1945, a long-awaited V-E Day finally came and brought an end to the war in Europe. But, the war in the Pacific was still continuing against Japan since they are being reluctant to surrender despite the continuous indiscriminate bombardments The United States began to consider about using the atomic bombs as the only way to end the war immediately. On the other hand, many argued that Japan’s staggering losses were enough to force Japan’s surrender. In the end, President Harry S. Truman didn’t hesitate to use this nuclear weapon and bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with only three days interval between the two bombing. As a result, Japan has surrendered, but if I were to make a decision, I haven’t used atomic bombs because it was unnecessary since Japan has virtually lost already.

With the approval of American President Harry S. Truman, the fates of two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were sealed. This decision came with heavy hearts, as the United States attempted to end their involvement in World War II by using nuclear power against the nation of Japan. Truman’s primary goal in this form of attack was to discontinue the war as quickly as possible, while also sending a message to the enemy and establish the United States as the leader in atomic energy. Beginning as a secret operation labeled the Manhattan Project, atomic bombs became the new weapons of mass destruction. The evident frontrunner in nuclear technology, the United States was the first country to release atomic bombs on another nation for war