Atomic Bomb Debate

If it had to be done all over, should we have dropped the atomic bomb?  You will debate this decision based on one of four points of view: a scientist, a Truman advisor, a military officer, or a Japanese survivor.

Here are some websites that can help you...

http://www.ushistory.org/us/51g.asp

http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/2010/atomic.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

Bomb Information:

http://www.strategic-air-command.com/weapons/nuclear_bomb_chart.htm

http://www.atomicheritage.org/index.php/component/content/article/42-resources-tab-/146-fat-man-and-little-boy-bombs.html

Medical Information:

Medical Breakthroughs
http://www.mtaofnj.org/content/WWII%20Combat%20Medic%20-%20Dave%20Steinert/wwii.htm

http://www.mtaofnj.org/content/WWII%20Combat%20Medic%20-%20Dave%20Steinert/index.htm