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Internal Assessment Topic: Research Question: How did the UK establishments react to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Ryusei Noda Candidate Number: 006816-0010 History Internal Assessment (SL) 2015 Word Count: 1849 words Table of Contents Section A Plan of Investigation Section B Summary of Evidence Section C Evaluation of Sources Section D Analysis Section E Conclusion Bibliography Section A Plan of Investigation In 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. I heard that UK was opposing to the US’s atomic bomb even though UK was the closest ally of the US. This made me interested in investigating How did the UK establishments react to the dropping …show more content…

He said that UK needs an atomic bomb for prestige and for national security. But some politicians like Hugh Dalton and Sir Stafford Cripps opposed the atomic bomb. They were excluded from the meeting; Attlee and Bevin made the final decision. The harmful possibilities of the atomic bomb was concerned, and also there were possibilities of great good to the human race in the discovery of atomic bomb if it could be use in peaceful purpose …show more content…

Even though Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought huge disaster to the place, there were positive reactions more than negative reactions. Prime Minister Clement Attlee mentions that the atomic bomb invention made it essential to end all wars. His opinion was strong at the time and he used crafty way to make the decision of the production of the atomic bomb. If you glance at the problem, people will think that the usage of the atomic bomb is morally wrong, but if you look at as a UK establishment’s view or UK itself, the atomic bomb could be helpful. UK could make their own atomic bomb for their national security. It can be justify that UK’s establishment’s reaction to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing was mainly positive and people’s reactions to the atomic bomb were affected from the Prime Minister Clement

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