What did you not get to say during the debate on the atomic bomb? Make a comment about anything that got left unended or unanswered with your class debate.
Young kids saw their friends die, and if you survived, those memories haunted you forever. Yoshitaka Kawamoto, survived the bombing but still had vivid memories from it, like holding his dying friend in his arms...
The radiation from the bombs still causes problems today in Japan.
It was a good decision to drop the atomic bombs. Dropping the bombs ended WWII. Japan was unlikely to surrender otherwise. The US also gave warning to Japan before we dropped the bombs. If we had invaded and continued the war, more lives would have been lost. In the long run, dropping the bombs saved people's lives. 50%-80% of American soldiers were expected to die if we had invaded Japan.
I was in the side that thought it was a good idea to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. One of the topics brought up was that we could have cut off their resources and have them surrender that way. I think this would have hurt the civilians even more because Japan would have wanted to keep fighting no matter what. Civilians would have been forced or gave up their food and water to give to the soldiers.
My side was the one against the bomb. I think that it's kind of ridiculous for people to say we didn't know what the bomb would do and that it would do all the damage that it did. It was the biggest most destructive bomb that had been created up to that point, so you knew it would be bad. Also, if we didn't know what it would do, then one could gather that it probably wasn't a good idea to drop it. There are other alternatives, although you could argue they weren't as efficient. I think it was a bad decision, overall.
Very true. We had better than an "idea" what the bombs would do. We had a previous live test in New Mexico that was almost identical to the design of the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki. A decent retelling (in summary, of course) can be found here: Trinity Atomic Website
My side was against the bomb. If dropping the atomic bomb was a good thing why hasn't another one been dropped. People saw their loved ones die right in front of them. Most of the population of the two cities died in the bombing.
I don't agree with dropping the bombs but without it out where would be? Still fighting. So everything does happen for a reason and we were justified. I feel like every battle or war is justified. (almost) I say this because it has molded America to what it is today. There may be losses but there is always stuff that we gain that helps. I really don't think Vietnam was justified but at the end of the day we did get stuff that will benefit us in the long run like the War Powers Act. Good we got it then than later, so sometimes you have to fail to learn.
SIDE: It was not a good idea to drop the bombs.
ReplyDeleteYoung kids saw their friends die, and if you survived, those memories haunted you forever. Yoshitaka Kawamoto, survived the bombing but still had vivid memories from it, like holding his dying friend in his arms...
The radiation from the bombs still causes problems today in Japan.
It was a good decision to drop the atomic bombs. Dropping the bombs ended WWII. Japan was unlikely to surrender otherwise. The US also gave warning to Japan before we dropped the bombs. If we had invaded and continued the war, more lives would have been lost. In the long run, dropping the bombs saved people's lives. 50%-80% of American soldiers were expected to die if we had invaded Japan.
ReplyDeleteI was in the side that thought it was a good idea to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. One of the topics brought up was that we could have cut off their resources and have them surrender that way. I think this would have hurt the civilians even more because Japan would have wanted to keep fighting no matter what. Civilians would have been forced or gave up their food and water to give to the soldiers.
ReplyDeleteMy side was the one against the bomb. I think that it's kind of ridiculous for people to say we didn't know what the bomb would do and that it would do all the damage that it did. It was the biggest most destructive bomb that had been created up to that point, so you knew it would be bad. Also, if we didn't know what it would do, then one could gather that it probably wasn't a good idea to drop it. There are other alternatives, although you could argue they weren't as efficient. I think it was a bad decision, overall.
ReplyDeleteVery true. We had better than an "idea" what the bombs would do. We had a previous live test in New Mexico that was almost identical to the design of the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki. A decent retelling (in summary, of course) can be found here: Trinity Atomic Website
DeleteMy side was against the bomb. If dropping the atomic bomb was a good thing why hasn't another one been dropped. People saw their loved ones die right in front of them. Most of the population of the two cities died in the bombing.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with dropping the bombs but without it out where would be? Still fighting. So everything does happen for a reason and we were justified. I feel like every battle or war is justified. (almost) I say this because it has molded America to what it is today. There may be losses but there is always stuff that we gain that helps. I really don't think Vietnam was justified but at the end of the day we did get stuff that will benefit us in the long run like the War Powers Act. Good we got it then than later, so sometimes you have to fail to learn.
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