The true power of the Atomic Bomb
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They didn't, but they probably would have died anyway, either from starvation, or from the bullet.
Extrapolation from Okinawa and Iwo Jima, et al., show about that figure.
Which, as I mentioned, leads to starvation. Is the prospect of people slowly wasting away over thirty days before dying somehow better than far fewer being vaporized in a moment?
And this brings up another argument. Look at East Germany. Would you really have wanted a North Japan? Imagine if we had a Communist Hokkaido, and a North Tokyo. Not only do we heighten tensions in the Cold War and bring ourselves closer to nuclear holocaust, we also have millions suffering under a Communist dictatorship.
I'm not seeing any benefits so far.
mr_lewington
King
if there is ONE only good thing about the what? 100k that died immedietly? they didnt know it was coming. but that doesnt compensate for the the other hundreds of thousands wouldve taken the bullet plus tens of thousands more
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
The Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan was largely sybmolic, they were never going to, nor could they even if the'd wanted, to invade the Home Islands. They got what they did, Manchuria, and probably couldn't have dealt with much more. Remember, they're still occupying all of Eastern Europe, too, it's not as if there are suddenly two hundred free divisions to send East. Furthermore, they could've never gotten them across the Sea of Japan i sufficient numbers without American logistical support; but if there was an invasion of the Home Islands, we'd be using those massive logistics to move our own boys back and forth, not the Reds.
JerichoHill
Bedrock of Knowledge
5 million dead and a country completed destroyed.
Or two cities completely destroyed and two hundred thousand dead.
Yeah.
Or two cities completely destroyed and two hundred thousand dead.
Yeah.
JerichoHill
Bedrock of Knowledge
The atomic age began on July 16, 1945 near Alamogordo, New Mexico, as a team of American scientists and reporters watched the first atomic explosions explode out of the desert in a great blinding light which later formed into a mushroom cloud.
--True statement
After watching the test, one of the scientist was quoted saying "I am sure that on Doomsday, in the last millisecond, the last man on Earth will see what we have just seen", but a writer for the New York Times was quoted saying "Let their be light".
--Ref?
Approximately 3 weeks after the atomic testing, a group of B-29 bombers prepared to take off in a American air base on the island of Tinian (Located in the Pacific Ocean).
--Stop with the parenthesis
The pilot of the B-29 Bomber named his plane "Enola Gay" (His mother's name) and as we all know, the bomb itself was called "Little Boy".
--If this is a writing assignment, drop the conversational tone.
The actual bomb run lasted for 4 minutes and the only words in the Co-pilot's diary were, "My God".
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed nearly 100,000 people instantly, another 100,000 were severely wounded. This was all out of the population of 245,000. Over more than 90% of the city was destroyed.
--Over more is repititious
Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki (estimated 40,000 people killed/missing after this bombing and 39% of the city was destroyed) and Japan immediately offered an unconditional surrender and thus ended World War II...
--Drop the parenthesis, it doesnt add anything in a piece this short. Also, if you are going to make an assertion here about surrender, you should include that the Japanese refused to give an unconditional surrender after the 1st bombing.
Survivors from the first bomb said that they all remembered a brilliant flash of blinding light, whiter than any white they had ever seen, exploding over Hiroshima. Very few recalled hearing any noise.
Whenever an atomic bomb explodes it creates a massive shockwave so powerful that it can lift people standing from over a mile away and hurl them through the air, this is followed by a wave of heat so tremendous it can start fires by spontaneous combustion and literally vaporize people if they are close enough.
--Drop literally, and make this into multiple sentences
When Little Boy exploded over Hiroshima, the entire city seemed to disintegrate, everything from glass, tile, wood, stone, concrete (And many more) all collapsed into rubble, fires suddenly erupted everywhere.
--We call this "filler".
It is estimated that the temperature at the point the bomb exploded surpassed 10,000 Degrees (Fahrenheit). Within minutes, the sky that had been so bright turned dark. As thousands of people wandered about the streets, dazed, burned, and bleeding, a giant cloud covered Hiroshima. The radioactive fallout had begun. But this was only the beginning. For that those who survived the initial blast suffered great injuries and illnesses from enormous amount of radiation that fell on their cities and following the explosions. And the end of WWII didn't bring a end to their suffering.
The atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki began a nightmare that went on for generations. For years, mothers gave birth to babies who were deformed (Without toes, or fingers, or genetic mutations). Thousands apon Thousands of people developed cancer or suffered from chronic radiation sickness. The radioactive fallout that had blanketed the city seeped into the ground, polluting the water and contaminating any food grown there.
--apon = upon. You capitalized Thousands wrongly the second time.
And for over 60 years, America was the only nation that used a atomic bomb in aggression to another country. But why kill innocents and civilians and woman and children to stop a war? Easy: They were desperate to end the war, and they put their own selfish lives above any other foreigner's life.
--And with the last statement, you make a judgement call without any supporting evidence, and a call that is in disagreement with the evidence (which you don't list, ie, reasons why the bombs were dropped).
--True statement
After watching the test, one of the scientist was quoted saying "I am sure that on Doomsday, in the last millisecond, the last man on Earth will see what we have just seen", but a writer for the New York Times was quoted saying "Let their be light".
--Ref?
Approximately 3 weeks after the atomic testing, a group of B-29 bombers prepared to take off in a American air base on the island of Tinian (Located in the Pacific Ocean).
--Stop with the parenthesis
The pilot of the B-29 Bomber named his plane "Enola Gay" (His mother's name) and as we all know, the bomb itself was called "Little Boy".
--If this is a writing assignment, drop the conversational tone.
The actual bomb run lasted for 4 minutes and the only words in the Co-pilot's diary were, "My God".
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed nearly 100,000 people instantly, another 100,000 were severely wounded. This was all out of the population of 245,000. Over more than 90% of the city was destroyed.
--Over more is repititious
Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki (estimated 40,000 people killed/missing after this bombing and 39% of the city was destroyed) and Japan immediately offered an unconditional surrender and thus ended World War II...
--Drop the parenthesis, it doesnt add anything in a piece this short. Also, if you are going to make an assertion here about surrender, you should include that the Japanese refused to give an unconditional surrender after the 1st bombing.
Survivors from the first bomb said that they all remembered a brilliant flash of blinding light, whiter than any white they had ever seen, exploding over Hiroshima. Very few recalled hearing any noise.
Whenever an atomic bomb explodes it creates a massive shockwave so powerful that it can lift people standing from over a mile away and hurl them through the air, this is followed by a wave of heat so tremendous it can start fires by spontaneous combustion and literally vaporize people if they are close enough.
--Drop literally, and make this into multiple sentences
When Little Boy exploded over Hiroshima, the entire city seemed to disintegrate, everything from glass, tile, wood, stone, concrete (And many more) all collapsed into rubble, fires suddenly erupted everywhere.
--We call this "filler".
It is estimated that the temperature at the point the bomb exploded surpassed 10,000 Degrees (Fahrenheit). Within minutes, the sky that had been so bright turned dark. As thousands of people wandered about the streets, dazed, burned, and bleeding, a giant cloud covered Hiroshima. The radioactive fallout had begun. But this was only the beginning. For that those who survived the initial blast suffered great injuries and illnesses from enormous amount of radiation that fell on their cities and following the explosions. And the end of WWII didn't bring a end to their suffering.
The atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki began a nightmare that went on for generations. For years, mothers gave birth to babies who were deformed (Without toes, or fingers, or genetic mutations). Thousands apon Thousands of people developed cancer or suffered from chronic radiation sickness. The radioactive fallout that had blanketed the city seeped into the ground, polluting the water and contaminating any food grown there.
--apon = upon. You capitalized Thousands wrongly the second time.
And for over 60 years, America was the only nation that used a atomic bomb in aggression to another country. But why kill innocents and civilians and woman and children to stop a war? Easy: They were desperate to end the war, and they put their own selfish lives above any other foreigner's life.
--And with the last statement, you make a judgement call without any supporting evidence, and a call that is in disagreement with the evidence (which you don't list, ie, reasons why the bombs were dropped).
holy king
Deity
better red than dead...
mr_lewington
King
well im sure u guys are going to love this. peace talks were, however little, making a little progress (not 100% sure on this, saw it on a documentary)
and the 3rd reason for dropping was that Truman wanted to deter the russians.
and the 3rd reason for dropping was that Truman wanted to deter the russians.
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