On August 6, 1945, the world entered the nuclear age when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later, the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, and on August 14, the Japanese government agreed to an unconditional surrender that all but ended World War II. These bombings halted the planning of Operations Olympic and Coronet, which entailed the full-scale Allied invasion of Japan, and also showed the true power of the American economy and workforce. In these respects, the United States was justified in using the most powerful weapon of the time to end the greatest conflict in human history.
Before the successful testing of the atomic bomb, the United States had an elaborate set of plans for the invasion of Japan that were developed in the spring and summer of 1945. According to Davis in the Invasion Not Found in the History Books, an article found in the Omaha World Herald, Operation Olympic would begin with "X-Day" on November 1, 1945, and would land fourteen American divisions with the support of the largest naval fleet ever assembled, a total of more than 450 American vessels. After seizing the southern third of Kyushu, the southernmost island of Japan, the Americans would use this area as a staging ground and airbase for Operation Coronet. "Y-Day" was the beginning of Operation Coronet, and was to take place on March 1, 1946. Twenty-five divisions would invade the island of Honshu, the Kanto Plain, and ultimately Tokyo itself.
The Japanese also had ornate plans of their own to defend the islands from occupation, and this plan (Operation Ketsugo) was designed to make the cost of conquering Japan too high for the Allies to accept, which would (in their minds) lead to an armistice being signed rather than having to experience total defeat. In "Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire," a 1999 book by Richard Frank, it's shown that the Imperial Japanese Air Force had amassed more than 10,000 aircraft, which were projected to destroy one-third of the invasion force before the landings in Kyushu.
Hiroshima was the first of 2 cities targeted for atomic attacks. ... Nagasaki was the second to be bombed. ... Little Boy was the first atomic bomb dropped at 1,900 feet above the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. ... One month after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. ... The two atomic bombings were devastating. ...
The purpose of this research paper is to answer the question could have the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki been avoided? ... I believe that the atomic bombings that occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was needed to end the Pacific war, but at what cost? ... There are many different factors that played a part leading up to the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... President Truman made one of the hardest decisions in United States history when he decided to drop two Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Ultimately, the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced th...
On August 6th, 1945, during World War II, the United States dropped a massive, powerful and most deadly weapon the world had ever acknowledged, known as the Atomic bomb, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombs dropped were given the names of "little boy" for Hiroshima and "fatman" for Nagasaki. ... The bombing of Nagasaki would be a hit to their port systems and cause just as much damage as Hiroshima. These men also had discussed which bomb would cause more devastation to Japan, the Hiroshima bomb made of Uranium or the Nagasaki bomb, made of Plutonium. Hiroshima was a planned...
On the day August 6, 1945, the world began an atomic age when the U.S.A navels dropped a nuclear bomb and the city of Hiroshima and then immediately dropped another on its near city of Nagasaki, on the 9 August, both bombs killing over 200,000 civilians and destroying a nation. ... H Arnold, "It always appeared to us, atomic bomb or no atomic bomb, the Japanese were already on the verge of collapse". ... The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were deliberate and were intended not only to collapse their military power and economy/trades but further to desolate Japan into ruins. ... Th...
That was the Hiroshima bombing. ... That letter convinced him to make the atomic bomb before Germany. ... The Hiroshima Bomb measured in length three meters, and in diameter zero point seven meters. ... If they hadn't, Hiroshima and Nagasaki would never have been destroyed. ... In a general view, the old generaton stayed quite patriotist, but the young generation is very revolted by the horrible catastrophe of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ...
(Grant, R.G., "Hiroshima and Nagasaki", 1998, p. 42.) ... The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were hit hard by the atomic bombs. ... "Cornerstones of Freedom Hiroshima and Nagasaki", 1995 p.25) Also, the Japanese were afraid of the third atomic bomb being dropped and were not prepared to face the wrath of another battered city. ... Even though the bomb had killed over 70,000 people in Hiroshima, and 40,000 people in Nagasaki, it would probably be less than the estimated amount of 300,000 to 1,000,000 military personnel and civilians lives. ... Even though the horrible explosions over Hiroshim...
There were two different types of atomic bombs dropped; a uranium type bomb in Hiroshima and a plutonium type in Nagasaki. ... "The Little Boy- is a nickname for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. ... The damage on Hiroshima was greater than the damage on Nagasaki. ... The first bomb dropped was on Hiroshima. ... The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. ...
The decision that was made to bomb the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was very irresponsible and immoral of the United States government. ... The effects of the straight bombing of Japan, as well as the effects of the atomic bombs themselves on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, show how the decision to drop the bombs on the Japanese people had nothing to do with morals or respect for human life. ... The effect on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to the atomic bombs are disturbing. ... In Nagasaki, the radiation from the blast was more intense than that of Hiroshima. ... Some could say that t...
President Truman's decision to drop the bombs, "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was because he wanted to end the war quickly with little loss of American life, because it was designed to scare the USSR and because Japan's leaders refused to surrender. ... August 9, 1945 was when another atomic bomb, "Fat Man", was dropped on Nagasaki because Japan failed to surrender after the first atomic bomb and it was estimated that 39,000 civilians were killed (Lewis 11). ... Almost 150,000 civilians were killed as a result of the attack of H...
Many of us Americans were taking part in our normal every day routines, meanwhile the United States military was dropping a Nuclear Hydrogen bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Writer John Hersey interviewed a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing named Hatsuyo Nakamura. ... Laurence, permitted to fly with the mission to drop the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, witnessed first hand, through his own eyes, the incredible impact its presence felt. ... John Berger, from the first paragraphs of his work to the very end, states strongly that he is against the dropping of the At...
