1. What factors have affected viewpoints on Truman's decision?
- The devistation the bomb caused was outstanding. It absolutle devistated the Japanese (75000 instant deaths and tens of thousands more due to radation poinioning)
- The ability of the US to win without the bomb.
- The devistation an invasion would have caused on both sides.
- The unimaginable treatement of US prisioners of war in Japanese death camps.
2. Do you think he made the right decision? Give your reasons.
Harry Trubman not only made the right decision in droping the atomic bombs on Japan, he made the only morally right decision he possably could have. As President, he took an oath. In said oath he promised the American people he would protect them and their rights above all else. Invadeing Japan would have been absloutly devistateing for America. an estimated 220,000 soldiers would have been killed, which means 220,000 wives left widowed, parents left childless, and children left with only one parent. droping the bombs was directly responsable for saveing the lives of these would be casualitys of war. As devistateing as this was for the Japanese, a domestic war would have been almost if not equally devistateing. The bottom line is droping the bombs saved lives, which is what Trubman promised the American people he would do.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
The War in the Pacific
1. What was the importance of the Battle of Midway?
The battle was the turning point of the Pacific aspect of the war. The US devistated the Japanese, destorying 4 aircraft carriers with 250 planes. After this battle the US continued to push the Japanese back across the Pacific towards Asia.
2. What strategy did the United States adopt in fighting Japan?
After Midway, the US stayed on the offensive, "leapfroging" from one pacific island to the other in order to push the Japanese back and lessen their presence in the Pacific.
3. Why did the Japanese fight so hard on Iwo Jima?
The Japanese realized that their chances of not completly loseing the war were diminishing and that a loss at Iwp Jima would mean almost certain failure of the war.
4. Why did the Allies believe Okinawa was a foretaste of an invasion of Japan?
They believed the great losses suffered at Okinawa would be what an invasion of Japan would be like becasue of highly defended the island was. Japan itself would be similarly defended, which would mean a similar resistance and death toll.
5. What was the Manhattan Project?
The Manhattan Project was a project led by many US scientists who developed the atomic bomb.
6. Ultimately, why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
He decided it was necessary to drop the bomb becasue in the long run it would save lives. As much destruction as it caused it prevented all the destruction that an invasion and lenghtly battle would have caused.
The battle was the turning point of the Pacific aspect of the war. The US devistated the Japanese, destorying 4 aircraft carriers with 250 planes. After this battle the US continued to push the Japanese back across the Pacific towards Asia.
2. What strategy did the United States adopt in fighting Japan?
After Midway, the US stayed on the offensive, "leapfroging" from one pacific island to the other in order to push the Japanese back and lessen their presence in the Pacific.
3. Why did the Japanese fight so hard on Iwo Jima?
The Japanese realized that their chances of not completly loseing the war were diminishing and that a loss at Iwp Jima would mean almost certain failure of the war.
4. Why did the Allies believe Okinawa was a foretaste of an invasion of Japan?
They believed the great losses suffered at Okinawa would be what an invasion of Japan would be like becasue of highly defended the island was. Japan itself would be similarly defended, which would mean a similar resistance and death toll.
5. What was the Manhattan Project?
The Manhattan Project was a project led by many US scientists who developed the atomic bomb.
6. Ultimately, why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
He decided it was necessary to drop the bomb becasue in the long run it would save lives. As much destruction as it caused it prevented all the destruction that an invasion and lenghtly battle would have caused.
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