ahead in the race for the atomic bomb. They had a heavy-water plant‚ high-grade uranium compounds‚ capable scientists and engineers‚ and the greatest chemical engineering industry in the world. Even before its entry into the war‚ the United States had become very concerned with the nuclear threat of the Axis powers. On October 11‚ 1939‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein‚ which Einstein had actually written on August 2‚ 1939. The letter told of a new field of physics
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Truman’s Decision Harry Truman had said‚ “It seems to be the most terrible thing ever discovered‚ but it can be made the most useful.” The atomic bomb was a weapon for destruction but also for peace. Truman had a conflict between invading Japan or to drop the atomic bomb; which then led to the saving of countless lives and the end of World War II. This paper addresses the background of the atomic bomb‚ the options America had‚ and why it was necessary. Pearl Harbor brought upon a war that America
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America did not release the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Would thousands more of our men’s lives would be lost to fighting this never ending war? President Truman made a decision and two atomic bombs were instructed to be released in Japan to have a more abrupt result in ending World War II. The atomic bombs were sponsored from a foundation named the "Manhattan Project." When the bombs were made‚ they were prepared to release it on Japan. In August 6‚ 1945‚ the B-29 Super-fortress bomber
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The first atom bomb used in warfare was dropped on Japan‚ Hiroshima‚ a city in the south of the main Island of Honshu‚ was the target in this first use. Most of the buildings were destroyed and 80‚000 people were killed instantly The first atomic bomb to be used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. Few knew what the effects would be. There had been only one other bomb of this kind previously detonated. The destruction unleashed on the city was total. About 70 percent of all buildings
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Truman Decision President Harry S. Truman decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan is perhaps the most controversial act of policy in United States history. One of the many different reasons given for the use of this weapon was the shock effect it would produce in the Japanese foreign policy circle. While the shock of the Japanese will be discussed later‚ it is important to note that it had a similar effect on the west. This shock effect has caused countless authors to speculate as to the motivation
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Klaus Fuchs The race to develop the atomic bomb had begun around the 1940’s. World War II was still taking place‚ and its creation would change the game of war forever. Whoever could create it first would have the power to threaten to destroy entire regions and roll over their enemies. The information that was found during research was vital‚ and worth so much. Spies at the time were playing a very dangerous game because of the seriousness of the information they were giving away. A few were arrested
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civilians died. Having developed the world’s first nuclear weapons in the Manhattan Project‚ the US Government made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan. On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United States dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in combat on the town of Hiroshima. Three days later‚ the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Combined‚ the bombs killed almost 150‚000 people immediately‚ and they are attributed to more than 170‚000 more
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In 1945 Hiroshima‚ Japan there was a kid called Hiroki meaning abundant‚ joy and joyful. Hiroki‚ Hiroki was 9 years old. He had a little sister named Aiko which was 3 years old. And her name meant love child and of course they were with their parents. They lived in a big house. Hiroki’s dream was to live in a happy life‚ a good job‚ a wife‚ children who are doing well in school and a house. In 6 August Hiroki’s family was the only family that were warned that America were going to drop the atom
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weapon is commonly defined as a device‚ which uses a nuclear reaction for destructive means. There are six different types of nuclear bombs. The two main types of nuclear weapons: atom bombs and hydrogen bombs. The hydrogen bomb is the most powerful‚ destructive bomb of all. In this essay I’m going to give a brief history of the hydrogen bomb‚ the chemistry behind the bomb‚ and how much destruction the hydrogen bomb can do. After the Soviet Union’s atomic bomb success during the cold war‚ the U.S wanted
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1. Harry Truman was a realistic‚ pragmatic president who skillfully led the American people against the menace posed by the Soviet Union. Assess the validity of this statement by examining the Foreign Policy implemented during Truman’s presidency. At the end of the Second World War two major issues were brought to attention. The first was dealing with the destruction of the global catastrophe. The second issue involved the shape of the new world and what political alliances were to be made. And
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