Atomic Bombs

Harry S. Truman

Overall, the answer is no. This is because in total, it estimate that 175,000 lives were lost. The Atomic Bombs would of saved about 45,000 lives but it would cost 220,000 lives. However, this argument with the use of Atomic Bombs was necessary and a effective way to end World War 2 in the pacific and overall.

Nagasaki

Harry Truman's justification was that he did it to save the lives of our American soldiers and to end the War between us and the Japanese. He decided to bomb Nagasaki and Hiroshima so that the Japanese would give up. He bombed two giant cities with people who had nothing to do with the war and who were just trying to live instead of hitting the Japanese hard where it hurts, their military. The atomic bomb killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese people instead of attacking their military with people who were ready to die. Japanese attacked our military not our cities with millions of innocent people. Harry Truman had no justification for that.

The first atomic weapon test took place 35 miles southeast of Socorro,NM. [July 2008 population: 8,989], on the White Sands Proving Ground, on July 16, 1945. The test was called "Trinity", and the weapons code name was "The Gadget".

Yes, it was. It was the most powerful and devastating weapon imaginable at the time it was used. It was known that not only the explosion itself but also the resulting radiation would be very destructive. Debates about the use of these weapons will continue for many generations. Whatever one's position, it can be argued that those bombs did hasten the end of the war.

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Hiroshima was bombed by B-29 'Enola Gay' and Nagasaki was bombed by B-29 'Bock's Car'. They were not carrier-borne (you're thinking of the Tokyo fire-bombing from carrier-borne B-24s). The atomic bomb sorties were flown from the island of Tinian. Over 3

In total between 150,000 and 246,000 people were sus[ected to be killed during the 2 atomic bombings in World War 2. 90,000-166,000 were suspected to be killed in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 suspected to be killed in Nagasaki.

There were 2 atomic bombs, which were dropped onto Japan in 1945. They were called 'Fat Man' and 'little boy'.

The three major reasons for the US to bomb Japan during WW 2 are: 1) The Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor PRIOR to a declaration of war. 2) The Bataan Death March. 3) Japanese treatment of civilian internees & women from Korea. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections.com

That depends on who you ask. If you ask a Marine or soldier in the Pacific in 1945, they would probably agree that it was justified. The casualty projections for the invasion were running at an expected 2,000.000 killed and wounded. Don't forget most Americans also blamed Japan for getting the US into the war by attacking Pearl Harbor. The Japanese obviously didn't feel that the unleashing of the bomb on civilians was justified.

They were called Little Boy and Fat man. (see related question link below)

The US dropped the atomic bombs on Japan to shock Japan's government into ending the war without an invasion. While an invasion would cost the lives of nearly one million US soldiers, half a million British soldiers, every Allied POW in Japan, and at the very least a majority of the Japanese people living in Japan, dropping the bombs caused over 250,000 casualties. It was decided that dropping the bombs would ultimately cause less casualties than any other method of ending the war.

it would prevent high casualties that would be caused by an invasion of mainland Japan.

ethical concerns

The Fat Man atomic bomb was dropped by the B-29 bomber called Bockscar piloted by Major Charles Sweeney of the 393rd Heavy Bomber Squad. He did not personally let the bomb out the bomb bay door, merely the piloted the plane. The bombardier's name was withheld.

The british tested their atomic bombs in Australia.

I believe it was Los Alamos

Los Alamos was a town, it still is, no city developed the atomic bomb, it was a group of scientists that developed it.

Both have critical mass and both use chain reactions

President Harry Truman had many alternatives at his disposal for ending the war: invade the Japanese mainland, hold a demonstration of the destructive power of the atomic bomb for Japanese dignitaries, drop an atomic bomb on selected industrial Japanese cities, bomb and blockade the islands, wait for Soviet entry into the war on August 15, or mediate a compromised peace.

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.

The atomic bomb creates a tremendous explosion that is more powerful than regular TNT bombs and one of the by products of the atomic reaction is radiation.

Atomic and hydrogen bombs create different types of damage and effects depending on where it is exploded. If it is exploded underground it has one type of effect. If the bomb is exploded in outer space, then there is no air so the explosion is dispelled in almost pure radiation and light energy.

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They were also a major scare tactic. Let's face it. If your opponent has something that can wipe out most of an entire city, aren't you going to do as they say?

With two adversaries now armed with the same weapon; warfare had to be fought WITH LIMITATIONS; the Korean & Vietnam Wars. Conventional weapons only; no nukes.

Enola gay crew

Colonel Paul Tibbets

Captain Robert Lewis

Captain Theodore Van Kirk

Major Thomas Ferebee

Lieutenant Jacob Beser

Sergeant Joseph Stiborik

Private Richard Nelson

Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury

Staff Sergeant Robert Caron

Captain Deke Parson

2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson

Bockscar crew

Major Charles Sweeney

First Lieutenant Charles Albury

Captain James Van Pelt, Jr.

Captain Kermit Beahan

Lieutenant Jacob Beser

Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly

Sergeant Abe Spitzer

Master Sergeant John Kuharek

Sergeant Raymond Gallagher

Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart

Commander Frederick Ashworth

2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi

The ultimate decision to use the bomb or not lay with the President of the United States. The bomb was originally built to use on Germany. Once it was defeated they had to consider whether or not to use it on Japan to motivate them Japanese leaders to surrender and capitulate to the Potsdam Declaration. Based on all the information provided to President Truman he chose to drop the bombs in the hopes of ending the war and avoid having millions of Japanese and Allied Forces killed in an mainland invasion.

He had to weigh the advantage of murdering hundreds of thousand Japanese over the loss of millions people from Japan, the USA, Australia and other countries. He opted for the lesser of two evils. At the time the bombs were dropped they had no guarantee the bombs would even work or motivate the Japanese to surrender. The Allied Forces did not learn until years later that the Japanese were building the atomic bomb and had planned to use it on the United States. So It is likely the decision to drop the bombs prevented the Japanese from using them on the USA.