Was Truman right to do what he did? Did he make the right choice? I think Truman made the right choice of dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.
In my opinion Truman made the right choice because it saved a lot of American lives. According to the text “ In his 1955 memoirs, Truman strongly believes dropping the bomb saved half a million American lives. ”. Dropping the atomic bomb was the best thing to do instead of risking a lot of American lives.
Another reason is that Japan attacked the Pearl Harbor an American Naval Base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. The text says, “ In the surprise attack, Japan sunk several ships, destroyed hundreds of planes and ended thousands of lives. The Japanese goal was to cripple the U.S. Pacific fleet, and they nearly succeeded. ”. Think if they attacked are naval base, then we need to attack theirs in Hiroshima to take revenge.
Finally, Germany surrendered on May 7 and in the east on May 9, 1945 to America and its Allies France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union or now called Russia. But Germany’s Allie Japan did not wan to surrender. So, Truman thought of something really destructive to destroy everything & end World War 2. According to the texts “ At 8:15 am Hiroshima time, “Little Boy” was dropped. The result was approximately 80,000 deaths in just the first few minutes. Thousands died later from radiation sickness. On August 9, 1945, another bomber was in route to Japan, only this time they were heading for Nagasaki with “Fat Man,” another atomic bomb. After the first minute of dropping “Fat Man,” 39,000 men, women and children were killed. 25,000 more were injured. Both cities were leveled from the bombs and this, in turn, forced Japan to surrender to the United States.“
As you can see, Truman made the right choice of dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki cites in Japan. Overall, that’s why I think, Truman made the right choice of dropping the atomic bomb.
List of My Sources
- Source 1: http://How Did Truman’s Decision In Dropping The Atomic Bomb | Cram
- Source 2: http://Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb | Harry S. Truman (trumanlibrary.gov)
Pranjali, Nice article.
I felt, you started well with the questions, and presented your personal perspective well.
The topic chosen is controversial, and I felt the side presented is only one. Could you have presented the human angle? How many lives were lost? How many were maimed forever? How many continue to suffer even today, after many many years of the event? It would have brought the other side of the story too.
You have chosen to quote from text from some source. May you please refer to the source and mention it in the blog? It is a good idea to tell the readers the basis of the opinion you have formed.
Keep writing, keep having fun!