Atomic Bomb WWII by Melanie Muma https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0 en-us 2017-01-09 15:05:33 UTC 2025-11-03 07:56:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Claim: mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146005517 The United States was unjust in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan, in August of 1945.]]> 2017-01-09 15:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146005517 Evidence 1: mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146007041 In a survey about the atomic bomb dropping, President Truman's Chief of Staff, Admiral William E. Leahy says:
"Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped...The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender...I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children."]]> 2017-01-09 15:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146007041 Reasoning 1: mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146009529 Admiral William E. Leahy's ways were never to go to war by dropping an unnecessary bomb on a country - no one's were at this time. Japan already knew they were done, so it wasn't our place to kill hundreds of innocent Japanese people. Since the war was pretty much over and settled, the bomb was almost an act of bragging, which clearly wasn't needed and unjust.]]> 2017-01-09 15:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146009529 Evidence 2: mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146009650 Prof. Paul Fussell gives his opinion about the atomic bomb and says:
"...the news began to circulate that we would not be obligated in a few months to rush up the beaches near Tokyo assault-firing while being machine-gunned, mortared and shelled we broke down and cried with relief and joy. We were going to live. We were going to grow to adulthood after all. Thank God for the Atom Bomb.”]]> 2017-01-09 15:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146009650 Reasoning 2: mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146011741 Paul Fussell, along with many other American soldiers, were so excited about this new bomb. The military usually needs to be brave and fight for their country, but once the Atom Bomb was produced, they were all off the hook. Leaping with joy when they found out they didn't need to sacrifice themselves fighting Japan was unnecessary, alone. But the cause of this effect sets it even further from okay. Yes, it was great they all got to live but they did end up hurting hundreds of innocent people. Like I said, the bomb alone was unjust, but the way we reacted, too was horrible. ]]> 2017-01-09 15:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146011741 Evidence 3: mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146011793 An August 9, 1945 letter from President Truman to Senator Richard Russell states:
"I know that Japan is a terribly cruel and uncivilized nation in warfare but I can't bring
myself to believe that, because they are beasts, we should ourselves act in the same
manner. For myself, I certainly regret the necessity of wiping out whole populations
because of the 'pigheadedness' of the leaders of a nation and, for your information, I am
not going to do it until it is absolutely necessary... My object is to save as many American
lives as possible but I also have a humane feeling for the women and children in Japan."
]]> 2017-01-09 15:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146011793 Reasoning 3: mumame2020 https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146012920 Even President Truman recognizes how unfair it was for the US to just throw this killer on a country who we had already taken care of. 'Pigheadedness' he says was  the only "good" reason we had for dropping the atomic bomb. The Japanese were and still are people just as much as our own US citizens, so why did we need to go so much further and "rub it in their faces" that we had won? We didn't need to, and that's why this decision was so unjust.]]> 2017-01-09 15:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mumame2020/a6nm2nkrzur0/wish/146012920