Atomic Bomb Notes
1. Record information that supports the use of atomic weapons in the context of war against Japan.
- The Japanese military rejected request for unconditional surrender
- the Japanese military was refusing to give up their fight
- . at all him the scientific community fail to perceive the effects of radiation sickness
- Truman saw little difference between atomic bombing and firebombing of Dresden or Tokyo
- atomic bomb brought an end to the war
2. Record information that leads you to believe atomic weapons should not have been used against Japan.
- There were indications that unconditional surrender was possible
- critics said Truman’s decision was a barbaric act
- Japan was on its knees in the bombing is simply unnecessary
- American government was accused of racism
- American diplomats had ulterior motives the Soviet Union had entered a war against Japan a message for the Soviets to tread lightly
3. Record information that supports the notion that the US used atomic weapons in the context of US-Soviet competition: the Cold War.
- atomic bomb is message to the Soviets of our power
- United States wanted to intimidate the Soviet Union
- United States wanted to show the Soviets that they were supreme