Hiroshima and Nagasaki

TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB This report is to discuss the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II. Many people believe that this was the only way to get Emperor Hirohito of Japan to surrender to the United States. Some believe that there were other reasons for dropping the bombs. A couple of those reasons were for revenge on Pearl Harbor and to show the world that …showed first 75 words of 538 total…

…showed last 75 words of 538 total…taken hostage from the Americans. Also, we could not afford to spend millions of dollars on making such massive bombs and then not use them for that reason. I believe that Truman made the right choice by deciding to drop the bombs to end the war. Although the bomb took so many lives, it saved many American lives too, and at that time it was the only quickest and easiest way to end the war.