do you think presidednt truman made the correct decision by ordering the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and?

Question

i dont think, he should of just dropped on one of the places not both

Answer 1

Yes it was the right decision albeit one of the toughest ever made. And, the second bomb was dropped because even after witnessing the devastation from the first bomb the Japanese still did not surrender.

Answer 2

Yes, I think the American President Truman made the correct decision by ordering the atomic bombs dropped on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese began their War of Aggression in 1931 (and were only stopped in 1945), and invaded China, Vietnam, Malaya, Singapore, Burma, India, Thailand, the Solomon Islands, etc.

In the process millions of Asian people, both civilian and military, lost their lives. I am not sure why anyone would feel more sympathy for the aggressors than the victims throughout Asia - perhaps, like P.Dub La Bella Morena, they do so out of ignorance.

Answer 3

At the beginning of World War II, the bombing of civilians was regarded as a barbaric act. As the war continued, however, all sides abandoned previous restraints. But international law has always distinguished between civilians and combatants.

The first A Bombs were developed primarily out of fear that Nazi Germany would develop them first.

They had a new weapon and they wanted to use it. They didn't realize the lasting effects the weapon would have, they just seen a quick end to the war and a way to save the lives of the allied troops.

After dropping the A bomb on the first target Japan still didn't give up. Once they took the first step they had to take the second step and drop "Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki.

Answer 4

Yes because without the atomic bomb more American lives would've been lost. In fact, the US was planning an invasion of Japan but they feared that would kill millions of American lives. The atomic bomb was ready at that point so Truman ordered the bombing of Hiroshima. After the bombing, the US offered the Japanese a surrender but the Japanese refused. So the US bombed Nagasaki. Then the Japanese surrenedered. So I think it was called for.

Answer 5

Well, of course looking back on it, it is easy to say that President Truman shouldn't have agreed to drop any atom bombs on Japan at all - by the time the atom bombs were used, Japan was isolated and being carpet bombed and fire bombed into oblivion already - we could have just kept Japan isolated, not tried to invade the main island of Japan, and left it at that, right? It was quite a different story from when Japan first invaded the countries of and murdered thousands of fellow Asians - Chinese, Koreans, South East Asians, Phillipinos, Malaysians and Indonesians. And quite a different story from when the Japanese conducted a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor at Honolulu, Hawaii, American soil, and murdered thousands of Americans. They caused Roosevelt and America to declare war on Japan, and by 1945, Japan had lost the war. How anyone could have pity on an aggressor nation like the Japan of the the 1930s and 1940s is beyond me. I'm thankful that most people who answered in this forum and most people in general know why the atom bomb was used. The ignorance and insanity of P.Dub is frightening.

However, there were a lot of other things going on. And we must remember that we in today's world did not live in those times. Can you imagine what it must have been like for the entire U.S. population to be committed to war right after the Great Depression? Food rationing? Rationing of many other materials needed for the war effort to defend this country? Everyone in the United States wondering if and when they would be bombed? Obviously, we can't imagine what it was like.

In addition to the war in the Pacific theatre, the U.S. was also fighting the Japanese allies, Germany and Italy in Europe. We knew the Germans were also in the process of developing atomic weaponry. But we had no way of knowing how close they were to creating an atomic bomb and using it. If the Germans had created an atomic bomb as well, no doubt Britain, who had already been fired bombed, would have been the first victim. The Germans were already beginning to use the first missiles of their kind ever created to bomb London and the rest of Britain. If Germany had developed the A-bomb first, It would have been fairly easy for the Nazis to vaporize London, and bring an end to any resistance against Nazi Germany. Fortunately, the Americans acted quickly. By bringing about the formal surrender of Japan, caused by dropping not one, but two atom bombs on Japan, since after the first one Japan still did not surrender, America could then send a lot of troop reinforcements and resources from the war in the Pacific to the war in Europe. The Allies, The United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and many countries from around the world, were then able to end the conflict in Europe before Germany also created an atomic bomb.

So, if you look at just the conflict in the Pacific, specifically, the use of atom bombs on Japan, as an isolated event, it does seem wrong and unfortunate that the atom bomb was used. However, it wasn't an isolated event. When you look at the whole world and the events happening in Europe and Asia and throughout the world, you can see why the atom bomb was used at all. The U.S. and the Allies were backed into a corner and were desperate. It would only be a matter of time before the Nazis also developed and used an atomic bomb. It would only be a matter of time before the resources the Allies had to use would run out.

The United States had been at war for over three years. Europe had been at war for over five years. Asia had been at war even longer than that. The Allies wanted to defeat the Axis countries of Japan, Germany and Italy and not be defeated by them. The Allies had the opportunity to do so, they did it, and they did it decisively.

Answer 6

He most definitely did make the right decision. We lost many, many men, mostly Marines taking Okinawa and it was predicted we could lose up to 100,000 invading the Japanese home islands. By dropping the bombs we avoided the need for that invasion and many Americans lived to go home.

The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 06 and we warned the Japanese we would drop another if they did not surrender. The choice was theirs and they made a bad one and didn't; so the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 09, three days later. At that point they did surrender. I personally think we should have dropped one on Tokyo.

But actually they came out ahead; 99% of their war criminals responsible for conducting the Bataan Death March and killing POWs and using POWs and occupants of any area they had conquered for medical experimentation and live dissection, (not to mention the horrors of the Chinese invasion and the way they acted in the Phillipines), escaped any punishment at all.

I have no sympathy for the Japanese. They started it and deserved everything they got. Unless you lost someone in that war, don't presume to pass judgement.

Answer 7

sure. Truman made the staggering decision using fact it replace into the only decision. An invasion of Japan could have in basic terms extra hundreds of inevitable casualties, and pointlessly extend the struggle. submit to in suggestions that Japan refused to provide up, no rely the circumstances. What many opposers fail to understand is basically how savage the eastern squaddies have been to their prisoners. Japan committed many struggle crimes that have compatibility with those of the Nazis. As for the end results of the bombs right this moment? sure, human beings are nevertheless suffering the end results of radiation poisoning, yet once you have been Truman, what could you have completed? additionally submit to in suggestions that Japan drew usa into the struggle in the 1st place. And, "killing human beings is rarely a stable decision"? Many greater human beings could have perished had we invaded Japan.

Answer 8

read you history. after the first bomb was dropped the President gave the Japanese the chance to surrender and they DID NOT. Then came the second bomb. With the Japanese committing suicide to kill their enemy what other choice did the U.S.A. have but to try to stop the WAR(not crime) as soon as possible. Thousands of civilians died on both sides of the war. War is not a good thing, at least you don't have to learn Japanese.

Answer 9

Unfortunately, it took something of this traumatic magnitude; to begin to break the will of the enemy. Even still, it took a number of days before the end of the war so officially called.
That is my war thought.

But, having watched many documentaries; my emotions and heart still hurt for what the people of Hiroshima endured. Especially when it rained black and the survivors scurried to drink it up, as they were parched from the hellish remains of their surroundings. The decision to drop in Hiroshima was just as bad as the other options. All HEAVILY POPULATED CITIES. So, imo; having seen in the test drop, just what they were about to unleash~ they could have chosen a different place that would have simply "GOTTEN THE POINT ACROSS" that we had a weapon that could drop ANYTIME; and thus; a strong, but less f'ed up WARNING for a call to SURRENDER!!!!

So horrible what they endured. As it was not the civilians who messed up PEARL HARBOR, just the same...it was not the civilians who needed to be wiped out. WHY DOES HISTORY repeat itself in this way? NOT ALL PEOPLE IN ANY GIVEN COUNTRY......actually agree with the war tactics of their governments, officials, or kings. BUT ALWAYS, it is the civilians who die, who live and suffer unimagineable evils....it makes me sick!

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Answer 10

Yes, i do think it was a good decision, based on the fact that after the dropping of BOTH bombs the war ended. I dont know if it wouldve ended after only one was dropped.