Enola Gay
Introduction to source 1 and 2
Source 1 and 2 are about the use of the atomic bomb
against the two Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
On August 6, 1945 the United States throw an atomic bomb
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 9. The Japanese
Government have applied on Aug. 15. This is World War II
ended
Source 1
Henry L. Stimson during the Second World War Minister of
the United States. In 1947 he wrote an article "The
decision to use the atomic bomb." In it he says
In July (1945) we had the idea that the possibility was
high that the Japanese government would decide himself
to the utmost to be done in all their territories in the
Far East. In that case, the Allies stand for the
enormous task of destroying an army of five million five
thousand soldiers and suicide pilots who belonged to a
people that had already amply shown to be able to fight
themselves to death. My main goal was to win the war
with minimum loss of life in the army that I had helped
bring the leg. By a weapon with such capabilities could
be achieved these goals.
Source 2
In July 1945, three physicists, who were involved in
developing the atomic bomb, a meeting with James F.
Byrnes, advisor to U.S. President Truman. Leo Szilard,
one of the three scholars, wrote in 1949 about this
review
The question came up whether or not the bomb in the war
against Japan should be used. Byrnes is not claimed that
it was necessary to bomb against Japanese cities to use
to win the war. He knew at that time, like the rest of
the government knew that Japan was essentially defeated
and that the war in the next six months could win. At
that time, Byrnes was very worried about the expansion
of Russian influence in Europe.
Really, I could barely UNJUSTIFIED and a disastrous
political basis for our proposals, and I was appalled
when I heard a few weeks later that he was our Foreign
Minister would be.
Questions
Use source 1 and 2
In these sources are various arguments for the use of
the atomic bomb.
1. Give an argument for each source using the atomic
bomb
2. Give an explanation for the difference in argument
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