President Truman was the president at the time and was the one who made the decision to drop both of the atomic bombs. Truman Learned from the Manhattan project that he could do a great deal of damage with the atomic bombs. The fighting was going on for four years, and the U.S was loosing soldiers day by day and getting more and more tired. The Japanese on the other hand refuse to give up and will fight until the last man standing. Document: http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-1945 |
American forces took over Okinawa and Iwo Jima and were continuously firing bombing Japanese cities. Over the course of six years President Truman spent over two million dollars investing in projects like the Manhattan Project which was the creating and research of the atomic bomb. Robert Oppenheimer ,Enrico Fermi, Edward Teller, and Albert Einstein were the main scientists created the atomic bomb. President Truman spent millions of dollars just for practice tests for the atomic bomb instead of putting the money towards something that will actually benefit the people but instead he targeted the people of japan. Atomic bombs do not only explode but they release deadly hazards, rain that falls after the atomic bomb releases radioactive particles and many survivors received radiation poisoning when the United States dropped the bomb on Hiroshima The bomb destroyed more then 60% of the city and killing 70,000-80,000 citizens, Japan still did not agree to the terms of the postdates Deceleration.
Document: http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/2010/atomicdec.htm
“It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of nodaterial assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons…My own feeling was that being the first to use [the atomic bomb], we adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make wars in that fashion, and that wars cannot be won by destroying women and children” -Admiral William D. Leahy, President Truman's Chief of Staff, in his memoir “I Was There” (Whittlesey, 1950)
Analysis:
These thoughts from Truman’s Chief of Staff reveals to us, that Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan was not mandatory and there was a plethora of other ways to get Japan to surrender. War is not about killing as many women, children, and innocent people as you can, but in this case that is what the United States did. The United States could of easily starved the Japanese out with their sea blockade, preventing any imports or exports. At the very least the United States could have warned Japan before killing millions of innocent lives for the sake of war.
“It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of nodaterial assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons…My own feeling was that being the first to use [the atomic bomb], we adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make wars in that fashion, and that wars cannot be won by destroying women and children” -Admiral William D. Leahy, President Truman's Chief of Staff, in his memoir “I Was There” (Whittlesey, 1950)
Analysis:
These thoughts from Truman’s Chief of Staff reveals to us, that Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan was not mandatory and there was a plethora of other ways to get Japan to surrender. War is not about killing as many women, children, and innocent people as you can, but in this case that is what the United States did. The United States could of easily starved the Japanese out with their sea blockade, preventing any imports or exports. At the very least the United States could have warned Japan before killing millions of innocent lives for the sake of war.
Document:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/interview/trans.htm
Analysis:
In an interview by Francis Mitsuo Tomosawa, He tells us about his and his family's experiences during and after the dropping of the atomic bombs. He goes on to say how he believes that nothing good came out of dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. War is not meant to harm civilians and what the United States did was bring people into the war that had no part in it. As if one bomb wasn’t bad enough, the United States dropped a second one which was unnecessary and ultimately caused millions of deaths for no good reason at all.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/interview/trans.htm
Analysis:
In an interview by Francis Mitsuo Tomosawa, He tells us about his and his family's experiences during and after the dropping of the atomic bombs. He goes on to say how he believes that nothing good came out of dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. War is not meant to harm civilians and what the United States did was bring people into the war that had no part in it. As if one bomb wasn’t bad enough, the United States dropped a second one which was unnecessary and ultimately caused millions of deaths for no good reason at all.
Document: http://users.dickinson.edu/~history/product/steele/seniorthesis.htm
"A specter is haunting this country--the specter of nuclear energy. As a scientist who worked on the atomic bomb, I am appalled that the public is so apathetic and so uninformed about the dangerous social consequences of our development. There is no secret of the atomic bomb. In my opinion, in two to five years other countries can also manufacture bombs, and bombs tens, hundreds, or even thousands of times more effective than those which produced such devastation at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This country with its concentrated industrial centers is entirely vulnerable to such weapons; nor can we count on, or even expect, effective counter-measures. Unless strong action is taken within the near future toward a positive control, this country will be drawn into an armament race which will inevitably end in catastrophe for all participants. . . . It is the responsibility of the press to stimulate public discussion on this vital matter scientific information. It was our hope in developing the bomb that it would be a great force for world cooperation and peace. and to educate the people as rapidly as possible." -Robert R. Wilson, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Analysis:
By dropping the atomic bomb the United States started a nuclear nightmare for the world. Now countries are going to be intimidated by the United States and ultimately create their own atomic bomb and make it even more powerful than the one launched on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. By doing this not only billions of people are at danger but the planet itself faces serious dangers. Now almost every large country has nuclear weapon capabilities and it is becoming very dangerous. The next war could be the last war because all because of the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Document:
http://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/history/hiroshima/page14.html
“The heat was tremendous . And I felt like my body was burning all over. For my burning body the cold water of the river was as precious as the treasure. Then I left the river, and I walked along the railroad tracks in the direction of my home. On the way, I ran into an another friend of mine, Tokujiro Hatta. I wondered why the soles of his feet were badly burnt. It was unthinkable to get burned there. But it was undeniable fact the soles were peeling and red muscle was exposed. Even I myself was terribly burnt, I could not go home ignoring him. I made him crawl using his arms and knees. Next, I made him stand on his heels and I supported him. We walked heading toward my home repeating the two methods. When we were resting because we were so exhausted, I found my grandfather's brother and his wife, in other words, great uncle and great aunt, coming toward us. That was quite coincidence. As you know, we have a proverb about meeting Buddha in Hell. My encounter with my relatives at that time was just like that. They seem to be the Buddha to me wandering in the living hell.”
Analysis:
Mr. Akihiro Takahashi was 14 years old when this happened. He was suffering from pain that no person can handle. This put the civilians of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in terrible living conditions and struggle. People starved and died of exhaustion after the explosion of the bomb. The aftermath was so powerful it wiped out 80,000 more people after the explosions.
Document: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150809-atomic-bomb-hiroshima-nagasaki-radiation-world-war-II-ngbooktalk/
It has deep roots in my life. In high school, I spent a year as an exchange student in Japan and happened to go on a field trip to the southern island of Kyushu, where I visited the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum. I stood next to my Japanese classmates as the only American and observed the destruction.
But the key event came in 1986, when one of the Nagasaki survivors, Taniguchi Sumiteru, who was 57 years old by then, came to Washington on a speaking tour. I went to hear him speak, then, through a series of unexpected events, his interpreter became unable to complete the last few days of his time in Washington, and I became his interpreter .In between his presentations we spent hours together. I got to ask him questions and tried to grasp what his experience had been like; it was truly a horrific experience. His entire back had been burned off. From that time on I couldn’t get out of my mind what it would be like to have survived nuclear war.
Contrary to what some of us might imagine, the bomb did not explode on the ground but about one-third of a mile above ground. The purpose was to maximize the blast force and the effect of the heat on the city because the blast and the heat would travel further.The area directly beneath the blast is called the “hypocenter.” The heat on the ground directly below it was about 5,000 to 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit. For quite a long distance, buildings were pulverized and trees, plants, and animals were blown away or carbonized. It’s an unimaginable level of instantaneous destruction.
Analysis:
National Geographic gives a brief example of the horrors of a nuclear weapon. The NY times interviews Taniguchi Sumiteru about his experience on surviving a nuclear explosion. They talk about how his back had been blown off and about how everything had been wiped clean of life after the catastrophe. His mind is now stained of terrible images of the destruction of the bomb
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Document: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/world/asia/survivors-recount-horrors-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki.html?_r=0
Mr. Tsuboi was a 20-year-old university student on his way to classes on the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb fell. His body was burned from head to toe.
The pain was so severe that Mr. Tsuboi was certain he would die. He took a small rock and etched on a bridge, “Here is where Sunao Tsuboi found his end.”
A classmate rescued him from the bridge and carried him to a military hospital. Several days later, his mother and uncle found him and took him home. It took him a year to walk again.
Analysis:
In this short segment the New York Times talks about how a twenty year old student gets burned from head to toe in a matter of seconds. They talk about a severe pain that would only make you think of death as an exit. There were tons of Women, children, and Men that went through the same thing. It now leaves a mark of devastation in Tokyo permanently.
For our last document Tatiana kept trying to type it but it kept auto deleting what she wrote, she took a picture of what she wrote so can I show you in class please? Thank you.
"A specter is haunting this country--the specter of nuclear energy. As a scientist who worked on the atomic bomb, I am appalled that the public is so apathetic and so uninformed about the dangerous social consequences of our development. There is no secret of the atomic bomb. In my opinion, in two to five years other countries can also manufacture bombs, and bombs tens, hundreds, or even thousands of times more effective than those which produced such devastation at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This country with its concentrated industrial centers is entirely vulnerable to such weapons; nor can we count on, or even expect, effective counter-measures. Unless strong action is taken within the near future toward a positive control, this country will be drawn into an armament race which will inevitably end in catastrophe for all participants. . . . It is the responsibility of the press to stimulate public discussion on this vital matter scientific information. It was our hope in developing the bomb that it would be a great force for world cooperation and peace. and to educate the people as rapidly as possible." -Robert R. Wilson, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Analysis:
By dropping the atomic bomb the United States started a nuclear nightmare for the world. Now countries are going to be intimidated by the United States and ultimately create their own atomic bomb and make it even more powerful than the one launched on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. By doing this not only billions of people are at danger but the planet itself faces serious dangers. Now almost every large country has nuclear weapon capabilities and it is becoming very dangerous. The next war could be the last war because all because of the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Document:
http://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/history/hiroshima/page14.html
“The heat was tremendous . And I felt like my body was burning all over. For my burning body the cold water of the river was as precious as the treasure. Then I left the river, and I walked along the railroad tracks in the direction of my home. On the way, I ran into an another friend of mine, Tokujiro Hatta. I wondered why the soles of his feet were badly burnt. It was unthinkable to get burned there. But it was undeniable fact the soles were peeling and red muscle was exposed. Even I myself was terribly burnt, I could not go home ignoring him. I made him crawl using his arms and knees. Next, I made him stand on his heels and I supported him. We walked heading toward my home repeating the two methods. When we were resting because we were so exhausted, I found my grandfather's brother and his wife, in other words, great uncle and great aunt, coming toward us. That was quite coincidence. As you know, we have a proverb about meeting Buddha in Hell. My encounter with my relatives at that time was just like that. They seem to be the Buddha to me wandering in the living hell.”
Analysis:
Mr. Akihiro Takahashi was 14 years old when this happened. He was suffering from pain that no person can handle. This put the civilians of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in terrible living conditions and struggle. People starved and died of exhaustion after the explosion of the bomb. The aftermath was so powerful it wiped out 80,000 more people after the explosions.
Document: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150809-atomic-bomb-hiroshima-nagasaki-radiation-world-war-II-ngbooktalk/
It has deep roots in my life. In high school, I spent a year as an exchange student in Japan and happened to go on a field trip to the southern island of Kyushu, where I visited the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum. I stood next to my Japanese classmates as the only American and observed the destruction.
But the key event came in 1986, when one of the Nagasaki survivors, Taniguchi Sumiteru, who was 57 years old by then, came to Washington on a speaking tour. I went to hear him speak, then, through a series of unexpected events, his interpreter became unable to complete the last few days of his time in Washington, and I became his interpreter .In between his presentations we spent hours together. I got to ask him questions and tried to grasp what his experience had been like; it was truly a horrific experience. His entire back had been burned off. From that time on I couldn’t get out of my mind what it would be like to have survived nuclear war.
Contrary to what some of us might imagine, the bomb did not explode on the ground but about one-third of a mile above ground. The purpose was to maximize the blast force and the effect of the heat on the city because the blast and the heat would travel further.The area directly beneath the blast is called the “hypocenter.” The heat on the ground directly below it was about 5,000 to 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit. For quite a long distance, buildings were pulverized and trees, plants, and animals were blown away or carbonized. It’s an unimaginable level of instantaneous destruction.
Analysis:
National Geographic gives a brief example of the horrors of a nuclear weapon. The NY times interviews Taniguchi Sumiteru about his experience on surviving a nuclear explosion. They talk about how his back had been blown off and about how everything had been wiped clean of life after the catastrophe. His mind is now stained of terrible images of the destruction of the bomb
.
Document: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/world/asia/survivors-recount-horrors-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki.html?_r=0
Mr. Tsuboi was a 20-year-old university student on his way to classes on the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb fell. His body was burned from head to toe.
The pain was so severe that Mr. Tsuboi was certain he would die. He took a small rock and etched on a bridge, “Here is where Sunao Tsuboi found his end.”
A classmate rescued him from the bridge and carried him to a military hospital. Several days later, his mother and uncle found him and took him home. It took him a year to walk again.
Analysis:
In this short segment the New York Times talks about how a twenty year old student gets burned from head to toe in a matter of seconds. They talk about a severe pain that would only make you think of death as an exit. There were tons of Women, children, and Men that went through the same thing. It now leaves a mark of devastation in Tokyo permanently.
For our last document Tatiana kept trying to type it but it kept auto deleting what she wrote, she took a picture of what she wrote so can I show you in class please? Thank you.