American supplies and troops began to make a difference in the war by late 1942. But it would take over two more years of hard fighting to defeat the Axis powers. The Allied invasions of North Africa, Italy, and France and the fierce bombardments of German cities forced Germany to surrender in May 1945. In the Pacific, meanwhile, the United States seized Japanese held islands, including the Philippines. Atomic attacks devastated Japan, and it surrendered in August 1945.
Your Assignment:
1.) Explain the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan in some detail.
2.) Debate the following statement, 'President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was a wise one.' (Make sure you include your thoughts/opinions)
Due: Sunday 5/3/09 by 11:59p.m.
Monday, April 27, 2009
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Although the Axis were surrenduring and the Allies were gaining many victories, President Truman faced a tough decision. Even though battered by relentless bombing Japan still had a well trained army. Well by this time in the top secret, Manhattan Project, scientists had been working on a bomb since 1942. They teested it sucessfully in July 16th 1945 and the next day allied leaders met and demanded that Japan surrender but they refused. Truman had no choice but to order to use atomic weapons against Japan. On August 6 a U.S. plane Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima killing more than 75,000. Three days later we dropped a second one on Nagasaki. The estimated total of deaths were 240,000.
ReplyDeleteI can't decide if I think his choice was a wise one or not. I can see both sides of the spectrum. I wish there could have been some other way to make them surrender without killing thousands of innocent people. I don't beleive in killing people so horribly for doing nothing. But I can see how Truman had to make a tough decision for his country and overall i think it turned out better in the end.
1) the Manhattan project was first concieved in order to buikld a weapon that the U.S. could use effectively against Japan. The atomic bomb was made and tested, then proved to be enough. two were made then dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan causing damage in wide range.
ReplyDelete2) President Truman's decision on dropping the atomic bomb was affirmed in my opinion as a great measure. Appropriate as you might say. If we didn't drop the a-bombs they would have sstill seen us a minor threat instead of as a sleeping giant.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. After six months of intense fire-bombing of 67 other Japanese cities, followed by an ultimatum which was ignored by the Shōwa regime, the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on Monday,[1] August 6, 1945, [2] followed on August 9 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki. These are to date the only attacks with nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.
ReplyDeletetrumans decition was a good one and a bad one, it was good because it showed we meant business and it ended the war with Japan, but it was bad because it killed thousands of people.
They droped them at hiroshima and novisaka and they killed eveyone that was in them towns. i think that it was a wise decision because japan wasn't able to come back to america to fight because all of there airplanes and places that make airplanes were destroyed.
ReplyDelete1.)The two bombs that were dropped was Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They both killed a total of 240,000 people. They had declared war with countries but the bombing made them surrender.
ReplyDelete2.)I dont think it was a wise one we just killed 1,000's of people by dropping a bomb. But if it did help stop that part of ww2 then it was a one smart way. But there had to be other ways.
1. on August 6 and 9 1945 to bombs were drop on Japan. "Little Boy" was drop in Hiroshima and "Fat Man" was drop in Nagasaki. About 240,000 people died.
ReplyDelete2. I agree but then i disagree. Sure it was good for America and the bombings made japan surrender but it killed so many people in the process with i don't think was right.
1) The Pacific victories gave the U.S. enough bases to launch B-29 bombers agains the japanese home islands. In a series of devastating night attacks, U.S. planes hit most of the country's major cities. The worst raid, over Tokyo in march 1945, created firestroms that destroyed much of the city.
ReplyDelete2) It was a good decision in the fact that it ended the war but it killed tons of people thus making it a horrible decision.
1.) Scientists had been working on a bomb since 1942, tested it in July in New Mexico. On July 26 the US demanded Japan's unconditional surrender, which Japan rejected. So they threw the 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
ReplyDeleteAll in all over 240,000 Japanese.
2.) On the one hand it ended the war but i could have imagine a better way to end it. There were so many people who died from this and even a lot of people died from the burns or the radiation poisoning.
I think dropping an atomic bomb is never a wise one!!!
1)The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States by the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9, 1945. After six months of intense fire-bombing of 67 other Japanese cities, the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945,followed on August 9 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki. These are to date the only attacks with nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945.
ReplyDelete2) I belive it was wise because if we didn't teach them a lesson to not mess with the U.S. then there might still be conflict, but now were peacefull cause they know what we can do to them.
1) Truman took over office not knowing much but he had little time to decide what to do. We had a new weapon though known as the Manhattan Project which was an atomic bomb scientist have been working on since 1942. On july 26 Truman demanded Japan's unconditional surrender which Japan rejected. On August 6 a U.S. plane called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb pm Hirosha. It flattened a huge area of the city.
ReplyDelete2) I think for the most part it was a good decision. Obviously we ened up winning the war so it didn't ahve that much effect on it. Also, they bomb Pearl Harbor so it's kinda like saying payback is brutal?!?!
During WW 2, the United States was working on a secret Manhattan Project, which scientists had been working on since, an atomic bomb. On July 26 Truman met with Allied leaders at Postdam and they demanded Japan’s unconditional surrender, which Japan rejected. As a result of this, Truman proceeded to give the order to use atomic weapons against Japan. On August 6 the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It flattened the area and killed more than 75,000. Three days later they dropped the second on Nagasaki. The total number of those killed was around 240,000.
ReplyDeleteI don’t really agree with this decision because I think it killed a lot of innocent people; however, if they didn’t agree with a surrender to get the war over with which would have also saved a lot of lives, then in a way something had to be done. I’m sure there would have been a more peaceful way to end the war without killing so many people that had no say in Japan’s decision. The fact is that it happened and I didn’t really agree with it, but I don’t have many other ideas on how I would have did it differently.
By this time, however, the United States had a fearsome new weapon, the atomic bomb. In the top secret Manhattan Project, scientists had been working on a bomb since 1942. They tested it successfully at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. The very next day, Truman met with Allied leaders at Potsdam, south of Berlin. On July 26 they demanded Japan's unconditional surrender, which Japan rejected. Truman proceeded to give the order to use atomic weapons against Japan. On August 6 a U.S. place called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It flattened a huge area of the city and killed more than 75,000. Three days later the United States dropped the second atomic bomb, on Nagasaki. The Japanese estimated that the total number of deaths caused by both bombs including those who died later from burns and radiation poisoning, was 240,000. A day before the bombing of Nagasaki, the Soviet Union had declared the war on Japan and began an invasion of Manchuria. The Japanese soon offered to surrender. The formal surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Truman's decision was almost a must. It probably went to an extent that nobody wanted or expected but what the Japanese did to us on Pearl Harbor was devastating and the U.S. couldn't go on looking like the weaker country. Revenge is never a great thing and two wrongs do NOT make a right; however, I believe that if we hadn't taken this drastic measure, other Axis countries might have tried something against us as Japan had already done. So, I guess you could say that President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan wasn't really a wise one for our world as a whole, but it was something that needed to be done to show that we, the U.S., weren't playing games.
ReplyDeleteIn WW2 President Truman was considering dropping the atomic bombs on Japan, his reasoning was that Japan had attacked us when unprovoked at Pearl Harbor. Also we had lost many American lives in the Pacific War so Truman wanted to save invading the Japanese mainland. Because of these reasons he gave the order to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki.
ReplyDeleteAlthough this decision is one of the most controversial in American history I thing that since invading Japans mainland would have cost hundreds of thousands of lifes that Trumans decision was justifiable wise.
1.) After president Roosevelt died, Harry Truman took over presidency. He was faced with the difficult problem of what to do. Since 1942, scientists were working on the atomic bomb, this was Truman's solution. He had asked Japan to surrender unconditionally and they wouldn't so the next day we dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later we dropped another bomc on the city of Nagasaki. It was estimated that about 240,000 people were killed from both bombs.
ReplyDelete2.) Some people might disagree with President Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs. Many, many innocent people were killed and some don't think that that was right. I don't think that killing that many innocent people is the right thing to do; however, I'm glad we dropped the bombs because things might have turned on us if we wouldn't have. We could have very well lost the entire war! So I think that what we gained some how covers what the Japanese lost; in a way, it was sort of their own faults.
Towards the end of WW2 the US had some fearsome new weapons, the atomic bomb. In the top secret Manhattan Project scientists had been working on a bomb since 1942 the bomb was successfully tested on July 16, 1945. The very next day, Truman met with Allied leaders. On July 26 they demanded the unconditional surrender, which Japan rejected. Truman then gave the order to use atomic weapons against Japan. On August 6 a US plane called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It flattened a huge area area of the city and killed more than 75,000. Three days later the US dropped the second atomic bomb, on Nagasaki. The Japanese estimated that the total number of deaths caused bu both bombs was 240,000. Japan surrendered on August 1945.
ReplyDeleteThis was a good statement because it was a wise decision to drop the atomic bomb. If he did not make that decision the war could have gone on a lot longer. He was smart by not giving Japan time to recover and caught them at a weak point in the war. This brought a for sure victory for the Allies.
1.) The first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan because they refused to surrender. Ong August 6 a U.S. plane called the Enola Gay dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima. It flattened a huge area of the city and killed more than 75,000. Three days later the U.S dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki because of failer to surrener.
ReplyDelete2.) I mostly have mixed feelings about the bombs. I wish there was a different strategy we could have used but then again it was a much needed quick decision. But the down fall was the killing of many people that didnt have a choice in the matter.