Compare And Contrast Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki In the 1930’s Hiroshima was a transportation center point as well a key Military city with a population of around 200,000. Nagasaki was a naval port for the Japanese military with an even bigger population of 240,000. The Japanese involvement in World War II began with their conflict with China, and the forming of the Axis alliance that included Germany as well as Italy. The United States at this time was a neutral country and was not involved in the war. A surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese changed that and led to the U.S. to retaliate with Atomic bombs.
Pearl Harbor In the early 1940’s the United States stopped supporting Japan by no longer exporting fuel, oil and metals. This tactic was used to hinder the Japanese military from expanding. The Japanese knew the United States were bound to join the war, but they also knew that America was not ready. This fact lead to the December 7th destruction of Pearl Harbor, it was truly a “Day of Infamy” killing more than Two-Thousand US Military and civilians. The Japanese also wounded a thousand more …show more content…
A decision that would change the world as we knew it, Dr Szilard knew firsthand the power of the weapon he created so he and his colleagues wrote a petition to the president against the use of the very weapon they created, a letter that was never seen by the president. With the fear of mass US casualties from an invasion of Japan on August 6th 1945 President Harry Truman dropped a five ton bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later the US dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. “First there was a white light, so bright it seemed to burst inside brain. Then, in seconds, came the frightful concussion and shock wave, with a roar as if world was falling apart” Robert Trumbull Nine who survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Pearl Harbor In the early 1940’s the United States stopped supporting Japan by no longer exporting fuel, oil and metals. This tactic was used to hinder the Japanese military from expanding. The Japanese knew the United States were bound to join the war, but they also knew that America was not ready. This fact lead to the December 7th destruction of Pearl Harbor, it was truly a “Day of Infamy” killing more than Two-Thousand US Military and civilians. The Japanese also wounded a thousand more …show more content…
A decision that would change the world as we knew it, Dr Szilard knew firsthand the power of the weapon he created so he and his colleagues wrote a petition to the president against the use of the very weapon they created, a letter that was never seen by the president. With the fear of mass US casualties from an invasion of Japan on August 6th 1945 President Harry Truman dropped a five ton bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later the US dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. “First there was a white light, so bright it seemed to burst inside brain. Then, in seconds, came the frightful concussion and shock wave, with a roar as if world was falling apart” Robert Trumbull Nine who survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki