Question

Your task for this assignment is to put yourself in President Truman’s shoes. Would you have made the same decision as him to drop the atomic bomb? Begin by researching arguments for and against dropping the bomb. Use the below graphic organizer to take notes. Once you’ve completed your research, write a 500 word essay addressing the question: Should the atomic bombs have been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 1

At base, there is an ethical justification for the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima as the United States was ready to mount a full scale invasion of Japan from China.

However, the Japanese were not given adequate time to surrender and so the dropping of the bomb on Nagasaki was inexcusable.