World War 2 Dbq Essay

During World War II a bombing was made against Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. In retaliation to this bombing the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs in Japan. The Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, and next the Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima. These bombs devastated the people of Japan. Along with this it has left large amounts of nuclear radiation behind. For this DBQ you will learn how this bombing affected the people of Japan them, and even now.

Over the many years since the bombing, there is still traces of nuclear radiation. It has been 61 years since the bombings had been done, there is still traces of radiation that are enough to mess with people. This shows how devastating these two bombs were. Even years after they are still affecting the lives of Japanese people all because of an attack that they had done against the U.S. This also shows how strong those bombs were, even though they are much weaker than the ones that have been developed in more recent times. These bombs are very dangerous and very little countries know that from experience.

Back in 1945 on those two days when the bombs were dropped more than 200,000 people were killed.

Even if this count was rounded to 200,000 people it would be about 100 Japanese people to person that was killed in the Pearl Harbor attacks. This also demonstrates the devastating power of these experimental weapons. This also shows the amount of retaliation that the U.S. gave in response to their assault on us, showing the terrifying amount of power that countries can hold even in small amounts. Out of the many weaker bombs that were dropped on Pearl Harbor; only two bombs dropped by us did extremely higher amounts of

destruction.

In the initial attacks there was only a three day period between the dropping of the two bombs. This left basically no time for the people to recuperate between the attacks. Only three days after a devastating attack they were harshly attacked again, not expecting it at all. Not only was this not needed but it was wrong for it to be done a second time. Killing around 100 times what was done in the Pearl Harbor attacks was an overreaction. Although the initial attacks was unsuspected by the U.S. still does not justify the amount of damage that we brought back upon them.

In conclusion, the attacks that were done were very devastating to all of Japan and its people. With lingering radiation and the death of around 200,000 people it was truly one of the most devastating bombings in the world`s history, and the fact that both happened in a period of three days leaving the people baffled with the amount of damage and death that was brought upon their country.