Atomic Blog

The reasoning for Truman to authorize the dropping of the bombs was to end the war as short as possible, and to ensure that the lives of allied countries people under the rule of china could be saved. They ended the war because it forced the men and women of china have to surrender due to many deaths and threats of another bomb.


One of the short term effects and long term effects was the immediate release of all captured people. In this picture the soviets are freeing the captured men.

This is people forced to evacuate their homes so that they don't suffer from the radiation poisoning.

This is one of the people who suffered from burns from radiation coming from the bomb. Many of the people suffered form this, which was one of the short term effects of the bombing.



This is a doctor who was poisoned from the bombing, which caused him to die just a few days after watching his town get completely destroyed, and have his land completely destroyed.

One of the short term effects of the bombing was that many who lived there were forced to move away, if they were not injured or killed from the bombing.