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70,000 people were killed by the first bomb at Hiroshima but by 1950, another 130,000 people had died. They mostly died from a sickness that in source 12; (page 99) is described as “the atomic plague or radiation sickness”. Radiation sickness is described more in source 11 (page 99).
I think that Truman shouldn’t have dropped the bomb because he killed innocent people and their families as shown in source 6 (page 101). I think that he may have wanted to save lives but more than anything he wanted power and to prove that he had won the war. I think given a little more time to the Japanese, they would have surrendered. I agree with General Eisenhower’s comment
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We didn’t need to hit them with that awful thing”.
One of Truman’s motives was “dropping the bomb will end the war quickly and will save the lives of our soldiers. This tells us that he didn’t care about the innocent Japanese people who were going to be killed. All he cared about was saving his soldiers lives. He also dropped the bomb so that he could show the Russians who he called “communists” that he had more power.
I don’t think at all Truman was right to drop the bomb as he said that it was just a test to see how bad the affects were. If that was the case why couldn’t he of dropped it on a deserted island. Why did Truman drop it? Truman said he was ending the war and saving American lives but even though he did end the war, the Japanese were going to surrender anyway. Another reason he dropped it was to scare the Russians and to show them that U.S.A was the number 1 country, but does a number 1 country drop a bomb that was unnecessary.
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Where was the first atomic bomb dropped-?
The city of Hiroshima was the place where the first atomic bomb was dropped.
What plane dropped the first atomic bomb?
The Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb.
Where was the atomic bomb dropped Where was the atomic bomb dropped?
It was dropped by the United States by orders of President Truman over Hiroshima, Japan.
What was said when the first atomic bomb was dropped?
The man who dropped the 1st atomic bomb said "BOMBS AWAY!"
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Where and when was the first atomic bomb dropped?
The location of the first atomic bomb which was dropped was on Hiroshima on August 6th 1945.
Sight where second atomic bomb dropped on japan?
the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
Was a atomic bomb dropped on Maine?
no
Where was the first atomic bomb dropped?
The first atomic bomb was gadget and was dropped at trinity site new mexico in july 1945.
On 1945 was the bomb dropped on hiroshima a atomic bomb or a uranium bomb?
It was both: an atomic bomb using uranium as its fuel.
When did US drops atomic bomb on hiroshmia japan?
On the 6th August 1945 the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
What jobs were open after they dropped the atomic bomb?
Atomic bomb development jobs for the scientists and engineers.
