Atomic Bomb Footage

Thesis:

The United States was unjustified in dropping the atomic bombs because it was used for America to have a sense of "power" over the rest of the world, it voilated the Hauge Convention, and resulted in the deaths of 200,000 civilians with lasting effects on the health and land of Japan's people.







During World War Two, President Truman made a decision that would impact the lives of thousands of Japanese citizens. His decision was to drop an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days after the devistation of the city of Hiroshima, he commanded that they drop a second atomic bomb on another Japanese city: Nagasaki. The outcome of these intense bombings was spectacular. With Stalin beginning to plan attacks on the United States, Truman thought it wise to use Japan to set an example to the rest of the world. He wanted all other countries to know the United States should not be messed with. He wanted the United States to seem more powerful than any other country in the world. This was also a direct voilation of the Hauge Convention, an agreement that civilian lives were to be spared from attack or bombardment of any kind. Over 200,000 innocent Japanese citizens' lives were taken in these enormous blasts. Long term effects still plague Japan's land and the health of Japan's people. For these reasons, the United States' bombing of these Japanese cities was unjustified and unethical.