WW2 Hiroshima

Question 1

How many people died in Hiroshima due to the Atomic Bomb?

Answer 1

60-80,000

Question 2

How were the people affected?

Answer 2

They were suffering for years due to radiation sickness, losing family members

Question 3

How many people died over the next ten years due to injuries and illness?

Answer 3

40,000

Question 4

Give reasons why they needed to drop the bomb

Answer 4

1. A new weapon needed to be tested
2. It was hard to invade Japan
3. If the Japanese had the bomb they would have used it
4. Too dangerous to attack due to suicide planes
5. Japan refused to surrender

Question 5

Why would people think it should have never been dropped?

Answer 5

1. The Japanese were not given time to surrender
2. The bomb was arguably dropped to scare the USSR to stop advancing communism through Europe
3. Hundreds of thousands died compared to the attack on pearl harbour