On August 6th, 1945, the U.S. B-29 aircraft the “Enola Gay” dropped the nuclear bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima Japan. During WWII, the Japanese attacked one of our bases in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor. They destroyed around 20 U.S. ships, and 300 planes. They killed around 2,400 soldiers, sailors, and civilians. Americans knew the Japanese were planning some kind of attack on the US, but they never expected it to be at Pearl Harbor. We knew we had to avenge Pearl Harbor, and fight against evil, but was bombing Hiroshima the correct tactic? Here is why I believe it was.
After the bombing at Pearl Harbor, America fell into an unsteady position in war. Pearl Harbor was of our main military bases. The devastation on Pearl Harbor could not go unrecognized.
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With the threat of us building atomic bombs, and having aircraft strong enough to carry these bombs other countries could then be frightened of our power. We were using fear to gain respect and power. The first atomic bomb killed 90,000-146,000 and the Nagasaki bombing the following day killed about half of those in Hiroshima. With the casualties impact, America’s power wasn’t taken for granted anymore. We now looked more powerful than ever. This could benefit us in many other battles in the future because of our new power …show more content…
Months before citizens read about the suicide of Hitler. But the new news was the war was over. Newspapers were headlined with large titles like “THE WAR IS OVER”, and “JAPANESE SURRENDER”. The victorious news for Americans gave us hope. We were now out of the war, and the Great Depression that had been occuring. Although dead, Franklin D. Roosevelt, our president, was able to lead us through the long battle. He was also the first president to be in office for four terms. He did not see the official surrender of Japan, but he knew they were going to give in soon. Now that the war was over, American’s could be at
The Pearl Harbor attack had merely provoked it. It was an unannounced, brutal attack upon the United States naval base in Oahu, Hawaii that occurred on December 7,1941, lasted for over an hour. A day that will forever live in the hearts and minds of many Americans. Brother, Sisters, moms, dads, aunts uncles, grandparents were all lost on this horrifying day. 2,400 lives and 1,178 naval personnel were wounded, many of these were aboard the USS Arizona.
Strategically, dropping the bomb was definitely a good choice. The war was taking long and it cost us a lot of money and lives, we needed to end it. The A-bomb did it - after dropping the second bomb on the 9th of August 1945, the Japanese surrendered. (pg. 15) Politically?
On the morning of December 7, 1941, two explosions occurred on Hawaii’s Oahu island’s Pearl Harbor. The bombs were set one hour apart, one located in the sea and one dropped from the air. By the end of the attack, many American planes, military crafts and two battle ships had been destroyed. The death toll was over 2,300. The attacks were from Japan, which at the time was a fascist country looking to expand their nation.
December 7, 1941 is considered one of the most impactful days in United States’ history: the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Despite their size, Japan left an incredible amount of damage with their 5 submarines and 408 planes. President Roosevelt had been avoiding scuffling with Japan since their pact with Germany and Italy; war with Germany was sure to erupt soon enough. However, soon after the ambuscade, the United States’ declared war on Japan and launched their involvement in World War II. Japan’s leaders recognized the risks of invading one of America’s naval bases; yet they persisted.
It is 8 am, December 7, 1941. Everything is peaceful at U.S. Naval base Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. Until, suddenly, Japanese bomber planes filled the air and chaos ensumed. Unsuspecting ships were relentlessly attacked. A bomb crashed through the deck of warship USS Arizona.
The devastating Japanese naval air raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii embarked the United States into the Second World War. President Franklin Roosevelt described the day as “a date that will live in infamy.” This attack crippled the United States’ battle fleet, and when Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, all eight of the United States battle ships suffered damage, and only five of them received repairs. Because of the fatal disasters on December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor still stands as one of the utmost catastrophic adversities in American Military History.
There are many people that wanted other alternatives because they viewed the releasing of atomic bombs as morally wrong and were inhuman. Some people even came up with other alternatives such as invading Japan’s mainland, but in reality most Americans wanted to avoid this at all cost, only because they thought that more Americans would loose their lives if we invaded Japan. There were also arguments that a demonstration of the effects of the atomic bomb could have been held for Japanese officials on some uninhabited islands. If this idea would have worked then we could have spared Hiroshima and Nagasaki from large amounts of devastation as well as show the power of the atomic bomb on a full scale. This is only assuming that the Japanese would have agreed to the demonstration in the first
Imagine the sudden loss of 70,000 lives: 70,000 futures obliterated, 70,000 bodies decimated, and 70,000 families grieving. That was the impact of the bombing of Hiroshima. Similar results happened at Nagasaki. The decision of whether or not the United States should have dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been heavily debated for decades. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima was not a military necessity because there were other options, it was ethically wrong, and the United States was already winning.
‘We have only awoken a sleeping giant.’ That is what is believed that one Japanese official told another minutes after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 1941. On a sunny Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan carried out a surprise attack on the U.S Pacific fleet in Hawaii. After a few hours, more than 3000 Americans were killed, almost 300 U.S planes destroyed and several U.S destroyers and ships as well. This was the event that finally caused the U.S to join the fight against the axis powers in WWII.
Even though dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed thousands of Japanese citizens in a matter of seconds, it was still justified. On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, a naval base on one of the Hawaiian Islands, thus plunging the US into the biggest war the world had ever seen. President Harry S. Truman decided to use the atomic bombs to save American lives by not invading Japan. American soldiers were able to return to their wives and children since they did not have to fight in the war any longer. The war ended just six days after the bombs were dropped.
Was America right to use atomic weapons against Japan? The dropping of the atomic bomb in Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was the end of WWII. However, there has been much conflict considering the use of the bomb. In this essay, I will discuss reasons from both sides of the argument and justify my opinion.
Was America Justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? On August 6th, 1945 at 8:16 AM, a great yet horrific event in history occurred. This event is known as the dropping of the atom bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, the event that would begin and end the pain and suffering of millions. The atom bomb was dropped by an American B-29 Superfortress bomber named Enola Gay and
At this time period, America was the only country that had the technology to compose such a weapon. Therefore, no country would have the idea to engage in confrontation with the United States. America had the ability to conquer the world with the nuclear weapons.
Yes, it did prevent others from dying, and no, it killed hundreds of thousands innocent people. So the bombing of Hiroshima is both justified and not justified. The first point you could make is yes, the bomb was 100 percent justified and it was a good idea. War is an awful thing that our world has to go through, because many die and lots of land is damaged. An article that agrees the bomb was good claims, “On Okinawa, only a few weeks before Hiroshima, 123,000 JApanese and Americans killed each other.
What do you know about Pearl Harbor…? Pearl Harbor was a devastation to Americans. lives were lost, ships and planes were damaged and destroyed. The Japan attacked Pearl to insure safety for japan. December 7, 1941 was the horrific day when the Japanese attacked Hawaii.