What is Signifcance of the bombing of hiroshima?

Answer 1

Philosophically or just in terms of what happened there? I know more trivia than cohesive facts...It was where the U.S. dropped the 1st nuclear bomb (nicknamed Little Boy), which, I believe, was the beginning of the end of WWII in the Pacific Theater. The plane that dropped the bomb was the Enola Gay. Another bomb was dropped about a week later. I would read up more on this topic; it really is something that everyone should have some knowledge of. There is a book entitled Hiroshima which explains in great detail what happened, and it must be fairly straightforward to read because I remember reading it in middle school.

The dropping of the bomb was justified by the U.S. at the time because it did not appear that Japan would ever concede defeat; they were willing to fight to the death at the cost of many, many lives on both sides. (Think kamakize attacks; they were quite fierce warriors from what I understand). I think that historically, the US has not been criticized too badly for having dropped the bomb because it did bring the war to a fairly swift end, and then the US took a very active major role in helping to rebuild Japan. That is probably why we are on quite friendly terms and they don't hate the US like other countries seem to.

Answer 2

At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a more timely end. They did not have a problem with over one hundred thousand of the enemy being killed. After all, the Japanese attacked America, and not the other way around. In later years, however, many have begun to question the conventional wisdom of "Truman was saving lives," putting forth theories of their own. However, when one examines the issue with great attention to the results of the atomic bombings and compares these results with possible alternatives to using said bombs, the line between truth and fiction begins to clear. Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was for the purpose of saving lives and ending the war quickly in order to prevent a disastrous land invasion.

Answer 3

With the battle of Hiroshima, we reached the nuclear age.

Answer 4

It was the first battle where a nuclear bomb was used. It also brought us to the nuclear era.

Answer 5

The first bomb on humankind was dropped over Hiroshima on August 6 1945. It took to the atomic age.

Answer 6

Hiroshima is the first city where this weapon was used, therefor its people are strongly motivated to see it is never again used.

Answer 7

They are the only two cities ever attacked with nuclear weapons- and the attacks resulted in the surrender of Japan in WW II.

Answer 8

The beginning of the atomic age for man.