The Atomic Bomb Abigail Dockstader Senior Division Research Paper The Atomic Bomb The Atomic Bomb is one of the deadliest weapons ever to be created. It has changed the history of the world. The atomic bomb would be the first weapon to bring together the world and shatter it altogether. In 1945‚ the only weapon that could destroy the world was built. This is the story of the history‚ creation‚ and innovation of the Atomic Bomb. In 1905
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Union was at its peak in history. It was a time when the hatred against communism and the idea of nationalism were growing exponentially. Meanwhile‚ Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were arrested for the accusations of helping the Soviets create the atomic bomb‚ which was the United States’ only advantage over the Soviets. Their arrest eventually led to the first ever execution of espionage in United States history. However‚ the justification of their execution is still being debated to this day. Did
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lasted six full years. During these six years from 1939 to 1945 many new weapons were created to strike fear in the eye of the enemy. One of these weapons was the Atomic Bomb‚ which was created through the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was created in response to fears that German scientists were working on a weapon using nuclear technology since the 1930s. In a remote desert location near Alamogordo‚ New Mexico‚ the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated. It created an enormous mushroom
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to drop Atomic weapons on Japan during World War Two’ Discuss. Towards the end of World War II‚ Japan had already been weakened by the battle of coral sea‚ but on August 6‚ 1945 an American B-29 bomber dropped a first hand developed atomic bomb on the civilian and military inhabited city of Hiroshima. 70‚000 people were killed instantly. Thousands were left heavily injured and sick. The United States had many different reasons to be justified to have dropped the bomb. Nevertheless‚ the bomb was ‘a
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English 112 25 0ctober 2014 The Atomic Bombings Were Necessary To the dismay of many people on August 6‚ 1945‚ the first atomic bomb was used in the history of mankind as a part of warfare. Many people died as a result of these bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ and because of the bombings‚ Japan knew it had been defeated‚ so it soon afterwards surrendered to America. I believe that the bombings were necessary in order to make Japan surrender because Harry Truman‚ the President of the United States
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Harry S. Truman July 1945 President of the United States of America 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington‚ DC 20500‚ USA Mr. President‚ As the Chief of Staff of the United States of America Army and Commander of all allied forces‚ I am informing you on where we should go from here‚ after the Japanese did not respond to the Potsdam declaration. In spite of what many scientists in the Manhattan Project consider‚ with the use of the Atomic Bomb’s being inhuman‚ war overall is inhuman so I
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On August sixth 1945‚ president Truman gave the indolent order to drop the two atomic bombs out of the Enola Gay and on the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I believe that the United States was not justified to drop the atomic bombs. Theses bombs killed up to 140‚000 innocent Japanese citizens and injured thousands more. Thousands more innocent lives suffered third degree burns and many other type of injuries. The two bombs destroyed many houses‚ buildings‚ and crops. The United States also invested
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would jump straight to thinking about the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Because President Truman made the decision to do that‚ many people began to despise him. But there is a lot that people do not know about what led to him making that horrific decision. In my opinion‚ President Truman’s decision to drop the bomb on Japan was justified. First of all‚ the United States did not immediately drop the bomb on Japan. In fact‚ they considered 4 other options that they thought
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Both ‘’Hiroshima’’ and The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb’’ were interesting works to read because they discuss two different views upon World War II. However‚ both works correlate to each other because at the end their message is simple: war inevitably causes death. Upon reading these works‚ I thought to myself how World War II is taught in the simplest form during history class in middle school. I never had a professor who explicitly went into detail of the horrors of World War II‚ therefore taking
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During the World War II era‚ which was from September 1st‚ 1939 to September 2nd‚ 1945‚ many countries had conflict with each other and the development of the atomic bomb began. As time progressed in the war era‚ the bomb was fully developed as the United States dropped two on Japan. As the bombs demolished two cities in Japan‚ many people questioned if the usage of the bomb was necessary or not. The atomic bomb impacted the conflicts between the United States and Japan by forcing Japan to surrender
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