What did people think of america after dropping the atomic bomb?

Question

lol i dont care either..but its for school :D
i have to interview someone about the WW2 .

great answers :]

Answer 1

depends who's side you were on!
Plus they killed more people when they carpet bombed Tokyo than both the 2 atom bombs they dropped on Japan!

Answer 2

it really depends who you ask
the soldiers were grateful. simply because they did not have to attack the Japanese homeland to end the war- and that was expected to cost the US some 1 milion casualties (dead and wounded). As a proof of that- all the "Purple Heart" medals given out since 1944 come from the same production batch prepared for the Japan invasion. Just imagine- almost 70 violent years and the stockpile is not even half empty!
The soviets and the Japanese (and their allies/ supporters)immediately began presenting the bombings as a "inhumane weapon". the soviets simply because they did not have one (and promptly built several thousand) and the Japanese because it earned them worldwide sympathy and an economic edge
BTW- I am Polish. We lost 23% of our population in that war. ANYTHING which ended the fighting was a good thing. SImply because a prolonged conflict, even if "low key" means in the end much more death, hunger, illness and misery than a sharp ending of the fight- after which the normal people can start their lives again.

Answer 3

Most non-Japanese welcomed it at the time, because they believed it had shortened the war. In fact, we now know it hadn't - the Japanese were already considering giving up - and a few more conventional air raids would probably have had the same effect.

Some thought that one bomb would've been enough and using two was unnecessary.

It was not until some time later that people began to realise just how bad the a-Bomb was - that the radiation kept killing for many years afterwards.

Answer 4

Most people recognize that it was what ended the war but it was murder of thousands of innocent people. While most accept that it happened, this action plus many others since then has convinced a large part of the world to be wary of Americans. I mean nowadays America is not exactly liked by the rest of the world. Hope that changes soon!

Answer 5

Like someone said before me, it depended on if you sided with the Allies or the Axis, but I think in general, both sides were torn. It was horrific, and essentially, was genocide of thousands of innocent civilians, but many people recognized it as the necessary end to a long and horrible war.

The Japanese probably didn't have glowing reviews of America, though.

Answer 6

It ended the war, I really did not and do not care what they think!

Answer 7

it wasn't pretty but it was effective at stopping the conflict.