after the US dropped "the" bombs on japan, did we come out with an immediate statement concerning the horrible

Question

effects of nuclear fall out?

Did the president say anything?

Answer 1

Truman did not understand what was involved. You can see that from the language he used. Truman announced the bombing of Hiroshima while he was at sea coming back from Potsdam, and his announcement contained the phrase - I quote from the New York "Times" of August 7, 1945: "We have spent 2 billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history - and won."

To put the atomic bomb in terms of having gambled 2 billion dollars and having "won" indicated that Truman did not understand at all what was involved. I wonder if FDR would've ordered the use of the A-bombs if he was alive.

Answer 2

no matter what any body will tell u they knew what those bombs would do. plus they were intersecting all Japanese cables. and Truman also fought with the the idea of dropping the bombs. but he didn't want to lose any more American lives so he went ahead with the plan this is a letter he wrote to that fact
Dear Dick:

I read your telegram of August seventh with a lot of interest.

I know that Japan is a terribly cruel and uncivilized nation in warfare but I can’t bring myself to believe that, because they are beasts, we should ourselves act in the same manner.

For myself, I certainly regret the necessity of wiping out whole populations because of the "pigheadedness’ of the leaders of a nation and for your information, I am not going to do it unless it is absolutely necessary. It is my opinion that after the Russians enter into war the Japanese will very shortly fold up.

My object is to save as many American lives as possible but I also have a humane feeling for the women and children in Japan.

Sincerely yours,

Harry S. Truman

and wwd japan was ready to call it quits any way they were even ready to accept the terms of the us but couldn't agree on one point yes one point that the emperor would still lead so in fact the us turned them down

Answer 3

Very little was known at the time. Americans were exposed in later tests to what would now be considerable unconscionable circumstances. And before you go U.S.-bashing, note that it took some time after the Nagasaki bomb before Japan surrendered. Some even say that they might have fought on still had the U.S.S.R. not declared war at that point.

Answer 4

no. The effects of fall out was not well publicized until much later when the possibility of full scale nuclear war caused a effort to provide fall out shelters. I think this was in the late 50's or early 60's. After we stopped testing above ground in 1963 more and more information about the dangers of fall out was in the news.

Answer 5

Before the bomb was dropped, they really didn't know how it would behave over a populated city. And after they dropped it, the only official statement the government made was to demand the unconditional surrender of the Japanese Empire. They didn't, we dropped the second one, the Empire did not know that was all we had, and Emperor Hirohito himself ordered the surrender of the Empire. The fallout, as it were, political and actual, came later.

Answer 6

No one knew of the effects of fallout at the time. The people who actually built the bombs went out and watched the test blasts with no protection other than sunglasses.

Answer 7

No, because it was believed back then that the Japanese deserved everything they got.

Atomic bombs were seen as saving American lives that would have been lost had we had to invade Japanese homeland.

Most Americans are too glad to see the war's over. We simply don't care too much about what we did on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. We had our allies like Phillipines, Korea, and China to help rebuild.

Answer 8

I think, after the first atomic bomb was dropped, the immediate statement was "Do you want to surrender?" They didn't want to surrender.

Then came the warning about the dropping of a second atomic bomb if they didn't surrender. They still didn't surrender.

So the second atomic bomb was dropped.

Then, they decided to surrender. Today, Japan prospers with our help.

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that many Americans who lost loved ones at Pearl Harbor, might still be bitter because of the Japanese unprovoked attack on America. I was born in 1940, and the attack took place in 1941. If America had not defended itself and brought an end to the war, I might (if still alive) be writing to you today in Japanese instead of English. And, of course, that's assuming your grandparents had not been killed by the Japanese invaders, and therefore your parents were born, and then you were born. In other words, without the bombs, there's a chance you wouldn't be here today.

Not sure whether your intent is to criticize the bombings or not, but if so, please also give some thought to the possibility of your not being here today had the bombings not taken place, and forced the Japanese leaders to give up on their quest to overtake our country by force.