Atomic Bomb Dropping Debate Did you know that Japan was actually a very peaceful and simple nation and they were very close to surrendering right before our racist president, Truman, dropped a bomb on them just to look good in front of Russia? Actually, all those, except one are, widely believed misconceptions and they are untrue. The bomb served justice to the awful war crimes committed by the Japanese. Additionally the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, actually saved millions of lives in multiple countries, including Japan. The bombs’ explosive power also warded off any countries who thought about attacking the U.S. or its allies in the near and far future. President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan made for not…show more content… The government put all the resources not already in use for the war, into testing and creating an atomic bomb for themselves. We shoved all the greatest American brains into a deserted town in New Mexico and supplied them with everything they required. Called the Manhattan project, an atomic bomb was created and dropped in New Mexico on the July 16th, 1945. In the end, it employed 130,000 people and cost 2 billion dollars (23 billion in today’s money) (“Manhattan Project: CTBTO Preparatory Commission”). Soon two more were created but the war on Nazi Germany was already over and the only country still at war with us was Japan. After careful planning, Truman decided to drop the first bomb on Hiroshima. This was the smaller of the two bombs, called “little boy”. "Little boy" was dropped on August 6th and had an atomic blast equal to 15,000 tons of TNT. It absolutely obliterated the city, immediately killing 66,000 people, injuring 69,000 others and taking out 67% of the structures. The U.S. waited 3 days for a surrender from Japan, it did not come. On the ninth, the U.S. sent another bomb over to the Japanese. Fat Man, it was larger had an explosion equal to 21,000 Tons of TNT, and was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. The destructive power of Fat man was lessened by the narrow valleys of Nagasaki, yet 39,000 died, 25,000 were injured and…show more content… These crimes were unforgivable and calling them barbaric would be generous. The worst incident of these crimes was the “raping of Nanking”. Before America even got involved in World War II the Japanese were greedy for land, and their usual and closest target was China. China and Japan hated each other, Japan had taken over areas of Manchuria and they were just waiting for a chance at taking over the rest of the country. That opportunity came on December 13, 1937, when the capital of China, Nanking (or Nanjing), fell. Immediately the Japanese forces swarmed the city, killing the thousands of soldiers that had surrendered to them. Not only did they kill them, and then they took about 20,000 young men out of the city and executed all of them. The horrors did not stop there, they were highly encouraged by their officers to rape steal and kill as they pleased. Soldiers stopped civilians, women, and children, took what they had of value then killed them. The Yangtze River ran red with blood and in fear of disease spreading, the soldiers were told to come up with more “creative” ways of executing the Chinese people. They buried and buried people alive in many areas. By 6 weeks, 1/3 of the city was destroyed by fire and, at least 200,000 were dead, although most Historians agree it could easily reach 370,000 people. The Japanese had no problem with showing off their massacres; they
