Should the Americans Drop the Atomic Bomb On Japan?

The Americans wanted nothing than a full Japanese surrender. After the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, there was a new President and his name was Harry S. Truman. He felt that an atomic bomb could make the Japanese surrender. He felt that if America did not need to invade Japan, it would save many American lives.

The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 by a B-29 American bomber. The great bomb plummeted down from the sunny sky and a great ball of fire rose in the sky. The blast from the bomb knocked buildings down like toy bricks and fifty thousands people died within a minute. Some people who had been a long way from the blast were not badly injured. Yet within a few days they were vomiting and dying.

People developed all sorts of blood diseases. The atomic bomb gave out radiation that invisibly damaged human bodies. Those survived men or women did not have healthy bodies. The pregnant women would have premature or deformed babies. The bomb didn’t only kill people, but the whole Hiroshima was liked an ice cube melted by the sun. Fifty thousands died in the bomb blast, thirty thousands died from radiation burns and another twenty thousands died from other effects of radiation. The Japanese still refused to surrender. The Americans used their second atomic bomb on another Japanese city called Nagasaki. Russia subsequently declared war on Japan and the Japanese finally surrendered.

It would be wrong to use the atomic bomb, as the bomb killed hundred of thousands of innocence men and women. The saving of American lives by dropping the bomb would not make up for the horror and disgust against America for using it. Atomic bomb should not be dropped on cities. It should initially be dropped on an island where no one lived. This would give Japan a chance to see the power of the bomb and surrendered before it killed thousands.