Robert’s second influence to the world is him regretting the use of the bomb. He and the other scientist were given the choice of an invasion on Japan which would cause a lot of American loves, or a nuclear attack on a military target that would also kill many civilians. And they obviously chose the bomb. Robert Oppenheimer later regretted the decision, saying it had been unnecessary and wrong. The final decision was given to President Harry S Truman, who also decided to use the bomb. August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb, called the “Little Boy,” was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, killing from a range of 78,000 to 200,000 people. Over 60,000 buildings destroyed, the whole entire center of the city was gone just like that. Other thousands began to dye of radiation sickness. A couple days later of August 9, the “Fat Man,” as they called it, was dropped on the city of Nagasaki killing over 100,000 dyeing, and again even more dying from radiation sickness. Finally on August 14, Japan surrendered.
Yes, the fact that innocent civilians die is a sad and tragic consequence of war. I hate thinking about it too, but I am certain the war would have been prolonged and many more American deaths would have occurred. Japan was the aggressor who attacked us at Pearl Harbor so I feel it was morally justifiable, but still...no easy answers.
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