In the attack against the Japanese, President of the United States, Harry S Truman used an atomic bomb. At first he was very hesitant and warned the Japanese twice about his upcoming attack, but got no response. Truman knew if he were to use the bomb it would be a very quick attack and he could mark the Japanese off his list of targets. In my opinion, the only reason Truman decided to use the bomb, even though he didn't know about it until he was elected was because he saw it as a never used before weapon. And it was developed by the US, he thought it would be the perfect opportunity to use it. Also, Truman wanted to avoid an invasion of Japan. He knew if he were in havoc with Japan it would be extremely costly for the US. Many American lives would be at steak because the Japanese always fight very brutal. So , I think it was smart to use the atomic bomb because Truman did what he thought would be the best for his …show more content…
I personally believe that Truman did the right thing. It was obvious in all the battles in the pacific that Japan was extremely brutal when it came to attacking and would do anything but admit defeat so, the US knew it wouldn't been very dangerous. I think that the only way to make them surrender was to scare them to do it and that's exactly what the US did. The back and forth fighting wasn't completely useless and would make the invasion last 10x longer then it had to. Japan was mostly just focused on trying to harm us. Meaning they were distracted and their soldiers died in the kamikaze attacks. I really don't think that invading their homeland would lead to the war ending. The US was smart to bring out the bomb because it put the Japanese in their place and made us one step closer to ending the war other then using the basic combat fighting and having many American deaths and a long gruesome
The way Truman took had some advantages. One advantage was that the atomic bomb could help the united states win against the Japanese, which The Russian premier in, President Truman's Version, also agreed and said “that he was glad to hear it and hoped he would
According to document A, President Truman believed that it was his duty to protect and save American lives And that's exactly what he did. If we did not go through with the atomic bomb, then we would have had to get Japan to surrender another way, yeah we could have put up an economic blockade and continuously bombed them like Admiral William Leahy wanted to do in in document A. Or we could have invaded and lost many more lives in the process, the war would have dragged on costing more American lives and more money for the United States.
The United States of America’s use of the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has spurred much debate concerning the necessity, effectiveness, and morality of the decision since August 1945. After assessing a range of arguments about the importance of the atomic bomb in the termination of the Second World War, it can be concluded that the use of the atomic bomb served as the predominant factor in the end of the Second World War, as its use lowered the morale, industrial resources, and military strength of Japan. The Allied decision to use the atomic bomb not only caused irreparable physical damage on two major Japanese cities, but its use also minimized the Japanese will to continue fighting. These two factors along
President Harry Truman, 33rd president of the United States, had to face one of the most effective decisions of mankind. The atomic bomb was first served as an idea created by the United States government. With a nuclear weapon like the atomic bomb, comes great responsibility. The idea of how to use and regulate the bomb was not yet implemented. Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb changed the way Americans thought about war because of its traumatic after effects.
...ved to American soil, the use of the atomic bombs are justified. There probably is not a leader who would not go to any length to protect his or her country. Truman did what he believed he had to make his country move on and to end World War II.
There were many arguments and factors as to if Truman decided correctly and if the United States should have dropped the bombs. There were many disputes supporting the bombing. Some being the Japanese were warned early enough, it shortened the war, and it saved many Americans lives. There are also voluminous quarrels against the United States bombing the Japanese. Some of these are the bombing killed innocent Japanese civilians who did not deserve it, the Japanese was about to surrender before we bombed them, and the United States only blasted the Japanese because of racism toward them. Though there are many valid reasons for and against the bombing, there is still much controversy today whether president Truman made the right decision.
In my personal opinion, after gather as much information as possible, I think that the use of the atomic bomb is impracticable and a waste of time, money, and lives. If I were President of the United States I could have made the decision to not use the Atomic bomb on Japan. Using this weapon would only open the door to more destruction. After dropping this bomb, I don’t think it would have ended the war. It probably would have ended World War II, but I think that it would have created more wars to come. People, most likely Japan, would have wanted revenge and find a way to counterattack. They would try to create a more dangerous destruction weapon that would allow them to retaliate and destroy. I, as President, would have wanted to prevent that. And in the best interest of my country I would have made the decision to keep this nuclear weapon out of war.
The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan were ethical decisions made by President Harry Truman and the United States government. By the time of the atom bomb was ready, the U.S. had been engaged in military conflict for over four years and lost over 400,000 soldiers. Truman claimed, "We would have the opportunity to bring the world into a pattern in which the peace of the world and our civilization can be saved" (Winkler 18). The bomb was aimed at ending the war immediately and avoiding prolonged battle in the Pacific Theater and the inevitable invasion of Japan. President Truman hoped that by showing the Japanese the devastating weapon the U.S. possessed, that the war could be brought ...
In my opinion, the decision to use the atomic bomb was harsh and rash, but necessary to end the war and protect American lives and interests. Sometimes harsh decisions need to be made in order to serve the greater good. It was somewhat unjust to the Japanese civilians but in the end saved many military lives that would have been wasted if the war dragged on for who knows how many more years. This is why, in the end, I feel it was the best way to put the storm of World War 2 to rest.
At this point in the war with Japan, making the decision to drop the first bomb was a very difficult decision for Truman. “American soldiers and civilians were weary from four years of war, yet the Japanese military was refusing to give up their fight.” (History, 2016) At that time, Japan, had about 2 million soldiers on the home islands, despite all the firebombing the United States was doing to other Japanese cities.
Bombing Japan was one of the most difficult decision President Harry S. Truman had to make. While war was being waged in Europe, Japan was carving out an empire in the Pacific. They took many colonies owned by other nations and it was because of that that the Americans felt threatened by the Japanese in the Pacific. To subside the Japanese empire building, the Americans strengthened Chinese resistance by sending troops and they stopped giving the Japanese oil shipments. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, a U.S. port in Hawaii, in response to the Americans’ actions. This brought the U.S. into a war with Japan. After years of fighting in the Pacific, the Japanese didn’t have the military power to fight. The U.S. tried to get Japan to surrender
Truman stated that this was the most difficult decision of his life. Truman made no attempt to warn the Japanese of any new weapons of mass destruction if the leadership of Japan refused the offer of their surrendering. As predicted, Japan refused the surrender. This would result in the Enola Gay bombing. This would also be assumed that the American Government was racist, that the American Government would never carry out such an act on white people. Due to Truman’s demands, the U.S. remains the only nation in the world to have used a nuclear weapon on another
United States was the first ever and only nation to use atomic weapons during wartime when it drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Shortly after three days, another atomic bomb was drop on Nagasaki causing thousand of deaths in total. It was a horrific event in the history, even today's there still debates over whether president Truman decision was correct or not. Though dropping the atomic bomb ended World War II, many historians think that it also started the Cold War, created another huge conflict.
In other words that it had more to do with the Soviet Union than with the war in the Pacific itself? Did Truman only drop the bomb in order to impress the Soviets and establish US dominance in the coming Cold War? A lot of people would argue, yes by saying that Japan was beaten already. The fact is that Japan was not prepared to surrender. Japan where rather prepared to fight to the death. The invasion of the Japanese home islands was not similar to that of the invasion of Germany. In the case of Germany, the Nazi armies were squeezed in the middle between the advancing US and British forces, on one side, and the mass of enraged Soviet troops on the other side. To invade Japan would have been at a huge cost. It was estimated that about a half-million, both, Allied and Japanese lives would have been lost, and this being during the last months of the war. Young, American soldiers, who just finished infantry school, were immediately shipped to California to await the orders to carry a rifle during the invasion of Japan. Fortunately, and as harsh as it may sound, the use of the nuclear bomb was the main reason why the lives of so many American soldiers were saved. If Truman did decide to hold back and not drop the bomb – the war would have ended with even more massive bloodshed. What would the nations’ reaction be if Truman, at some point, did reveal the existence of the bomb, but did not
There are many people who oppose the use of the atomic bombs; though there are some that believe it was a necessity in ending the war. President Truman realized the tragic significance of the atomic bomb and made his decision to use it to shorten the agony of young Americans (“Was the Atomic Bombing”). The president knew of the way the Japanese fought. They fought to the death and they were brutal to prisoners of war. They used woman and children as soldiers to surprise bomb the enemy. They made lethal weapons and were taught to sacr...