Hiroshima’s Atomic BombsEssay Preview: Hiroshima’s Atomic BombsReport this essayHiroshima’s atomic bombs have dominated the retelling of WWII history for its destruction and marked effects. The atomic bombs of Hiroshima have caused worldwide discussion for years whether US should end the war at the cost of a staggering amount of deaths. Some maintain that it was justified forcing Japan’s surrender in this way for the reason that an overwhelming majority of people of various nationalities had suffered the brunt of damage. On the contrary, others show great sympathy for Hiroshima’s deaths and firmly protest against A-bombs. As Chinese, I observe that it’s a tragedy but a necessary evil.It is tragic that innocent Japanese civilians had to pay for the aggression and militarism of the imperialists. No other bombing campaign in World War II was as intense in the devastation of civilian lives as that of Hiroshima in 1945. It killed as many as 90,000 people and wiped out of half of the city, giving rise to the harsh after-war conditions. On the one hand, survivors could hardly bear the pain of the sudden deaths of those people to whom they owed great importance. Worse, long years’ aches and diseases have been the widening jaws of despair, which deprives them of hope for a bright future even though they are provided with free medical care through life. On the other hand, left in ruins, Hiroshima consigned itself to the scrapheaps in all aspects. Peace and prosperity could only be seen in the history books. It loses its edge of an economic magnet for industry with a grave harm of its infrastructure. It would bear pressure for the radiation widespread across the city as the A-bombs fuelled fears about the state of Hiroshima’s environment. It would grapple with the problems of education as the school buildings have collapsed. The atomic bombs posed countless threats to the local people as well as the local government, accounting for the stagnant recovery from the disastrous eradication since then.
However, the course of history made it necessary to bomb the Hiroshima. It can’t be denied that the bombing is the direct cause of Japan’s surrender. At that time, Japan took a negative attitude towards surrender, pinning all its hopes on the Soviet Union’s forces to push Chinese to accept this armistice as an end to the war. But the Soviet Union’s declaration of war put an end to that empty hope. And even that, Japan still hesitated to surrender in a state of controversy that Japanese in the military insisted on continuation of the war while the outside against that. At this vital point, the US dropped the atom down the Hiroshima, which finally ended the war. Although we can’t agree with this method, there was an extreme need to fight against Japanese militarism successfully.Therefore, the bombing was justified and managed to save a large number of Chinese. Generally, as Chinese, we tend to sympathize with the civilians killed while cheer for the defeat of Japan. This is the crude calculation of war.
This document has been carefully compiled and is not an official version of the present work. While the original text can readily be read by anyone in Chinese, please do be aware that this is neither official Chinese nor US government document.
On the issue of the bombing of the Hiroshima, Dr. Rokumoto has stated that the Japanese military had refused to recognize Tokyo’s unconditional surrender, in line with our values, and as such, it was up to those forces to be strong enough to protect Japan. When the Japanese military refused to acknowledge Japan’s declaration of war – which, it has to admit, is much more than is being said – the Americans took the first step and decided, without any protest, to destroy most of the bombs and land all the civilians in the immediate vicinity. This left some 1.6 million Japanese dead and thousands more injured as a result of that event.
The second step is to send a large convoy of heavy vehicles, trucks, and aircraft, along with a large number of trained and educated civilians, in the southern Japanese city of Sendai on May 7, 1945, to evacuate the civilians and all the Japanese soldiers in all towns and military compounds to their homes.
The civilian evacuation was followed by the bombing of one of the Japanese military compounds. Japanese General Hoshizaki and Major-General Tsuda, at this stage, had ordered that none of the civilians who were evacuated and who remained in the compound be brought back.
Afterward, civilians were released by planes and helicopters, and military personnel on numerous occasions went to the site of the chemical attack to try to help the injured and injured civilians. However, most of these were killed. The US military had initially taken off and used an airplane over the remains to pick up the bodies while it carried the remains. Thereafter, Japanese and American forces were able to bring in the bodies through a tunnel that was previously opened for removal and to carry the coffins through those places. All of these actions were conducted only with an air force aircraft and a helicopter. They do not represent any of the actions taken by the US in the years following Hiroshima.
On 10th of May, 1942, two Americans were evacuated on the same base.[p]
Thereafter, the two American officers were instructed that they also should drop their lives and equipment on the ground to cover up any possible Japanese atrocities if they came back. Although civilians were evacuated in large numbers due to the bombing, the number of civilians killed and injured was less. During the first few days, this number climbed to 20,000, and later to 50,000, and in addition, as civilians went missing from the field, more were killed. The bombs had a devastating impact on the military bases and the towns. This was further aggravated when the air force flew them over the civilian homes.
A few days later, on 11th of June, Japanese military commanders reported to the Americans that the Americans had abandoned them and that they should return to the bases as soon as they could. According to a reporter, many of the civilians involved were killed when the bomb reached them.
After this, the Japanese government was sent on the attack to try to determine what would have happened had the bombing gone undetected. They thought that the Japanese would not be in a position to make a decision until after the attack with military assistance. In the end, when the Americans called for help, they came and discovered that the Japanese people were on the line at an early stage of planning to attack. It seems from what was heard that on the 25th of July, the civilians who had survived the bombing were still alive and in safe physical condition.
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