Over 66,000 people died in Hiroshima on or after August 6th 1945 when the first Atomic Bomb was dropped. World War II was coming to a close and the only thing left for the American army to accomplish was the complete surrender of Japan. The U.S. thought the A-bomb would put a quick and easy end to the war. But was the dropping of the bomb really necessary? Did all those Japanese people have to die? The dropping of the Atomic bomb should never have happened its dropping on the innocent Japanese people of Hiroshima was one of the worst atrocities ever committed.
We're America's reasons really even valid? The U.S.S.R (The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics) or the Soviet Union was becoming a worldwide influence in the world. But one thing made them stand apart from other global powers, Communism. The Soviet Union was communist and to the U.S. and Capitalism this was a threat. Truman was president during the end of the war and he realized that the Soviet Union might eventually challeng
e the U.S. for different affairs and influence around the world. The U.S. needed to "show off" its power and to demonstrate its self to the world but most importantly the Soviet Union. Truman wanted to give the U.S. an edge over the Soviet Union in the upcoming Cold War, so he dropped the bomb. Sure this gave the U.S. an edge but didn't it also really start the cold war? Didn't it really just cause tension that would last until the early 1990's? Also, the loss of human life just to show off? It's horrible.
The killing of innocent people when is it right? The answer is never. Some people have said that dropping of the A-bomb was revenge for the attack of Pearl Harbor. While they hate the attack they are eager for the revenge. But isn't this really saying its only bad when we're attacked, and isn't it really a double standard? When it gets down to it means that the Japanese life is less important than an American life, which is downright wrong. Hiroshima was not even a military insta
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