dropped a bomb in Japan. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese to initiate United States entrance into the war‚ just four years before‚ was still fresh on the minds of many Americans. A feeling of justification and a desire to end the war strengthened the resolve of the United States to quickly and decisively conclude it. President Harry Truman had many alternatives at his disposal for ending the war: invade the Japanese mainland‚ hold a demonstration of the destructive power of the atomic bomb
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Harry Truman had to make one of the hardest decisions any President ever had to make. He had to decide whether or not to spare countless American lives at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Japanese and drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was his responsibility as the President to protect the US‚ but the death toll in Japan was so horrific that it really makes you wonder if it was worth the killing of all the innocent people‚ many of whom were women and children.
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The Truman Doctrine Shortly after World War II had ended the Cold War began in 1945. The Cold War was fought between the United States and the U.S.S.R. The Cold War got its name because it never got “hot” with action of an actual battle. It was more of a verbal fighting and threating to blow up each other but never actually doing it. When the United States decided to drop a bomb on Japan‚ the U.S.S.R was mad the United States had secretly developed the bomb. Then Russia started spreading communism
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the atomic bombs. By doing this‚ there would be many benefits‚ but also some very harsh consequences. The atomic bombs were necessary to end the war because they allowed the US shut things down quickly‚ they assisted the US with showing it’s power‚ and it helped get justice for the soldiers that have already lost their lives fighting for their country. The main reason the US felt the need to drop the atomic bomb was because it was crucial for them to end this war once and for all. The atomic bombs
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The civilians killed and injured by the atomic blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren’t soldiers. They were citizens‚ women and children. The US was more interested in a quick and devastating end to the war than to care for the millions of Japanese lives who were innocent. They had in their hands the weapon that was capable of bringing speed for the Japanese surrender‚ so they used it. Admiral William Leahy stated‚ “I was not taught to make wars in that fashion‚ and that wars cannot be won by destroying
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The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains among the most controversial events in modern history. Historians have actively debated whether the bombings were necessary. What effect they had on bringing the war in the Pacific to an end and what other options were available to the United States. As American policymakers struggled with how to use a powerful new technology and what the long-term impact of atomic weaponry might be‚ not just on the Japanese but on domestic politics
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Why Labour Won the 1945 Election There are many reasons why labour gained their unexpected landslide victory in the 1945 general election‚ both due to the party itself and external influence. First amongst these causes was the effect that the nation’s experience of war had on their political views. In the last election in 1935 the socialist policies of labour had scared the public into thinking that if the party ever won a majority then they would create a communist state. The war showed
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Harbor. Government funded atomic weaponry research had begun not long before the attack‚ and this has led people to believe that the Manhattan Project‚ a descendent of the program‚ was a knee-jerk reaction to the bombing. According to writer Brenda Wilmoth Lerner in her article on the Manhattan Project for the Encyclopedia of Espionage‚ Intelligence‚ and Security‚ Roosevelt ordered‚ in December of 1941‚ that research was to begin regarding the plausibility of building an atomic weapon‚ just following
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Hunter Park‚ Shamar Strayhorn‚ Micheal Butry‚ Paul Shamanski General MacArthur’s request to use A-Bombs The three reasons why General MacArthur’s request to use A-Bombs on Chinese military forces did not comply with Clausewitz theories in On War was because the outcome of dropping bombs on them would have been very unpredictable of what they might do back‚ there should be a more strategic way of defeating them‚ and there would have been to many civilian deaths. The first reason MacArthur’s request
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Truman Capote kicked his book off by describing a lonesome yet plentiful area called Holcomb‚ Kansas. He used an assortment of imagery to describe the wilting bank‚ the lively fields of wheat and the well taken care of school. In Cold Blood the author wants to portray an old‚ quiet‚ humdrum town where the most interesting thing that happens is the school activities. He used imagery and specific tone to explain his purpose which was to illustrate how dreary the town seemed to be. Capote brought his
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