“So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained mankind for ages. I regard the employment of the atom bomb for the wholesale destruction of men, women and children as the most diabolical use of science.”-Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian anti-war activist; giving his opinion about the United States’s atomic bombs drop on Hiroshima, Japan. The outcomes of World War I had repleted many countries with fears, therefore they tried to avoid wars with each other. However, World War II started and it lasted from 1939-1945. The global war involved two military alliances, which are the Allies and the Axis. The Allies alliances included the Soviet Union, United States, England, and Republic of China. While the Axis alliances …show more content…
During WWII, the United States was genuinely powerful and had a numerous of resources, but Japan had some limited facts that stopped them from continuing the war with the United States such as a lack of oil, raw materials, steels, weapons, aircrafts, etc. After the “Little Boy” hit Hiroshima, the Soviet Union also invaded Manchuria precipitating the Japanese leaders to be afraid that Japan will be destroyed soon if they refuse to surrender. In the “Document K: Critics of Truman’s Decision to Use Atomic Weapons” it included an excerpt from a memoir known as “I Was There” by Admiral William D. Leahy. Admiral William D. Leahy was the Chief of Staff of president Truman. In his memoir he challenged Truman’s decision of using atomic weapons. Admiral stated, “It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons…” To paraphrase, Admiral believed that the sea blockade was sufficient enough to force the Japanese to surrender and the bomb was not an useful material. This clearly showed that Truman's decision of dropping the atomic bombs on Japanese cities was not justified because it was unnecessary to use such an atrocious weapon to a country that was already hopeless to fight back. To