UHarry Truman wakhuluma eSenate yase-US ngoJuni 23, 1941: “Uma sibona lokho. Germany uyaphumelela,” kusho yena, “kufanele sisize Russia, futhi uma Russia uyawina kufanele sisize Germany, futhi ngaleyo ndlela mababulale abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka.” Ingabe uTruman wayezazisa izimpilo zamaJapane ngaphezu kwesiRashiya nesiJalimane? Akukho lapho okusikisela ukuthi wakwenza. Kodwa-ke siyaphikisana, njalo ngo-Agasti 6 noma ngaphezulu, ukuthi ngabe uTruman wayezimisele yini ukudela izimpilo zamaJapane ukuze ethuse abantu baseRussia ngamabhomu akhe enuzi. Wayezimisele; wayengathandi; wayezimisele. Okushiywe ngaphandle kwale mpikiswano ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ukubulala amaJapane amaningi ngangokunokwenzeka kwakuphakathi kwezinhloso zikaTruman.
Inhlolo-vo yezempi yase-U.S. ngo-1943 yathola ukuthi cishe ingxenye yawo wonke ama-GI ayekholelwa ukuthi kwakuzodingeka kubulawe wonke umuntu waseJapane osemhlabeni. UWilliam Halsey, owayala amabutho asolwandle ase-United States eSouth Pacific phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, wacabanga ngomsebenzi wakhe othi “Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill Japs more,” futhi wayefungile ukuthi lapho impi isiphelile, amasosha abulala amaJaps. Ulimi lwesiJapane lwaluzokhulunywa esihogweni kuphela. Umlobeli wezempi u-Edgar L. Jones wabhala ngo-February 1946 I-Atlantic Monthly, "Yiluphi uhlobo lwempi abahlali abacabanga ukuthi sasilwa nhlobo? Sidubule iziboshwa egazini legazi, sichitha izibhedlela, sasibulala izikebhe zokuphila, sabulala noma sahlukumeza izakhamuzi zesitha, saqeda isitha esilimele, saxosha abafayo emgodini wabafileyo, futhi inyama yaseBacific ibilisiwe emasongweni ezitha ukuze senze imidwebo yetafula ama-sweethearts, noma aqoshe amathambo abo abe ngabavuli bezincwadi. "
Ngo-August 6, 1945, uMongameli uTruman wamemezela: “Emahoreni angu-20,000 edlule indiza yaseMelika yawisa ibhomu eHiroshima, isikhungo esibalulekile seButho Lezempi LaseJapane. Lelo bhomu lalinamandla angaphezu kwamathani angu-XNUMX XNUMX e-TNT. Yayinamandla okuqhuma aphindwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezimbili ‘eGrand Slam’ yaseBrithani eyibhomu elikhulu kunawo wonke ake asetshenziswa emlandweni wempi.” Hiroshima vele, kwakuwumuzi ogcwele abantu, hhayi isizinda Samasosha. Kodwa labo bantu babengamaJapane nje. UGeneral General wase-Australia uSir Thomas Blamey utshele i-Australia New York Times: “Ukulwa namaJaps akufani nokulwa nabantu abavamile. IJap iyiqaba elincane…. Asibhekani nabantu ngendlela esibazi ngayo. Sibhekene nento yakudala. Amasosha ethu anombono ofanele ngeJaps. Bazibheka njengezilokazane.”
Abanye bazama ukucabanga ukuthi amabhomu afinyeza impi futhi asindisa ukuphila kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-200,000 13 abamuka nabo. Nokho, emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba kuphonswe ibhomu lokuqala, ngoJulayi 1945, XNUMX. Japan wathumela ucingo ku i-Soviet Union izwakalisa isifiso sayo sokuzinikela nokuqeda impi. I I-united states yayiphukile Japanamakhodi futhi ufunde ucingo. UTruman ubhekise encwadini yakhe yezenzakalo “ngocingo oluvela ku-Jap Emperor ecela ukuthula.” UTruman wayetshelwe ngeziteshi zaseSwitzerland nesiPutukezi mayelana nezingxoxo zokuthula zaseJapan ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule Hiroshima. Japan wenqaba kuphela ukuzinikela ngaphandle kwemibandela nokulahla umbusi wawo, kodwa I-united states waphikelela kuleyo mibandela kwaze kwaba ngemva kokuwa kwamabhomu, lapho okwavunyelwa khona Japan ukugcina umbusi walo.
Umeluleki kamongameli uJames Byrnes utshele uTruman ukuthi ukuwisa amabhomu kuzovumela I-united states “ukunquma imigomo yokuqeda impi.” Unobhala Webutho Lamanzi UJames Forrestal wabhala encwadini yakhe ukuthi uByrnes “wayekulangazelela kakhulu ukuqeda indaba yaseJapane ngaphambi kokuba amaRussia angene.” UTruman wabhala encwadini yakhe ukuthi amaSoviet ayelungiselela ukumasha ngokumelene Japan kanye nethi “Fini Japs uma lokho kwenzeka.” UTruman wayala ukuthi kudedelwe ibhomu Hiroshima ngo-August 6 nolunye uhlobo lwebhomu, ibhomu le-plutonium, amasosha ayefuna ukulihlola futhi alibonise, Nagasaki ngo-August 9. Futhi ngo-August 9, amaSoviet ahlasela amaJapane. Emasontweni amabili alandelayo, amaSoviet abulala amaJapane angama-84,000 ngenkathi elahlekelwa amasosha awo angu-12,000, futhi I-united states waqhubeka nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu Japan ngezikhali ezingezona zenuzi. Khona-ke amaJapane azinikela.
I-United States Strategic Bombing Survey yaphetha ngokuthi..."Ngokuqinisekile ngaphambi komhla zingama-31 kuZibandlela, 1945, futhi cishe ngaphambi komhla lu-1 kuNovemba, 1945, iJapan yayiyobe izinikele noma ngabe amabhomu e-athomu ayengakaphonswanga, noma ngabe iRussia yayingangenanga ezweni. impi, futhi noma kungekho ukuhlasela obekuhleliwe noma obekucatshangelwe.” Omunye ophikisayo owayeveze lo mbono ofanayo kuNobhala Wezempi ngaphambi kokuqhuma kwamabhomu kwakunguGeneral Dwight Eisenhower. USihlalo Wezinduna Ezihlangene Zezisebenzi u-Admiral William D. Leahy uvumile: “Ukusetshenziswa kwalesi sikhali esinobulwane Hiroshima futhi Nagasaki lalingenalo usizo lwezinto ezibonakalayo empini yethu yokulwa Japan. AmaJapane ayesehluliwe kakade futhi ekulungele ukuzinikela.”
Noma ngabe yikuphi ukuwisa amabhomu okungenzeka kube nomthelela ekuqedeni impi, kuyamangaza ukuthi indlela yokusabisa ngokuwawisa, indlela eyasetshenziswa phakathi nengxenye yekhulu leminyaka yeMpi Yomshoshaphansi eyayizolandelwa, ayizange izangwe. Incazelo ingase itholakale emazwini kaTruman asikisela isisusa sokuziphindiselela: “Njengoba sithole ibhomu siye salisebenzisa. Sisebenzise yona kulabo abasihlasele ngaphandle kokuxwayisa pearl Harbor’ UTruman akasho ukuthi wasebenzisa ibhomu ukufushanisa impi noma ukusindisa izimpilo. Uthi usebenzise leli bhomu ngoba ekwazile. "Sesithole ibhomu silisebenzisile." Unikeza njengezizathu zokusebenzisa izici ezintathu zabantu ababulewe: bona (noma uhulumeni wabo) abahlasele US amasosha, bona (noma uhulumeni wabo) bahlukumeza US iziboshwa, futhi bona (noma uhulumeni wabo)—futhi lokhu ngaphandle kwanoma iyiphi indida ehlosiwe—baphikisana nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
Izinhlekelele zenuzi kungenzeka zazingekona ukuphela kweMpi Yezwe, kodwa ukuvulwa kwasenkundleni kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, okuhloswe ngayo ukuthumela umyalezo kumaSoviet. Izikhulu eziningi ezisezingeni eliphansi neziphezulu embuthweni wezempi wase-U.S., kuhlanganise nabaphathi abakhulu, baye balingeka ukuba basebenzise amadolobha amaningi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kusukela ngo-Truman esongela i-nuke yaseChina ngo-1950. Inganekwane yathuthukisa, eqinisweni, ukuthi intshiseko ka-Eisenhower ye-nuking China kwaholela esiphethweni esisheshayo seMpi YaseKorea. Ukukholelwa kuleyo nganekwane kwenza uMongameli uRichard Nixon, emashumini eminyaka kamuva, acabange ukuthi angaqeda iMpi YaseVietnam ngokuzenza uhlanya ngokwanele ukusebenzisa amabhomu enuzi. Okuphazamisa nakakhulu ukuthi wayesehlanya ngokwanele. “Ibhomu lenuzi, liyakukhathaza lokho?…. Ngifuna nje ukuthi ucabange kakhulu, Henry, ngoChristsakes, ”kusho uNixon kuHenry Kissinger lapho bexoxa ngezinketho zokukhetha. Vietnam.
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