Was the Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb Justified?
On August 6th, 1945, a B-29 Superfortress bomber named ‘Enola Gay’ took off from Tinian Island carrying the world’s first atomic bomb. Weighing in at more than 5 tons, the atomic bomb was one of the most expensive military investments of WWII, only second to its carrier, the B-29 (Macias) (Hall). The people of Japan believed that their emperor, Hirohito was from the gods. They would do anything that he told them to do and do everything he said. The […]