By dropping the atomic bomb‚ we were able to put an end to a war that could have continued for many more years. Though there was much controversy over the bomb‚ Truman‚ our president at the time‚ apprised America saying he was quite thankful for it and celebrated the scientific achievements of the minds that created it. America was the first country to create something of this caliber and he wanted us to realize how great it was. The pragmatic decision helped America to establish its military power
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In ww2 ‚ the atomic bomb was dropped on japan to put an immediate end to the war and not draw other countries (i.e. the soviet union or china) into fighting combatively against the U.S. As far as foreign relations go‚ it proved to the world that the U.S was the most powerful country in that time ( superpower) . This also relates to several years later during the cold war. It prompted the Soviet Union to develop their own nuclear warfare. (i.e us comes out with hydrogen bomb and a year later USSR
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The Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 The Atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 will always be remembered. On August 6‚ 1945‚ the city of Hiroshima was the target of the first Atomic Bomb. Three days later the second Atomic Bomb was dropped over the city of Nagasaki The decision to use the Atomic Bomb came after much thought by President Truman. The Chief of the Manhattan Project informed the president on the destructive force that came with the use of the Atomic Bomb
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Marshall Islands: Atomic Bomb Testing AN350 - Usha Prasad Chaminade University Introduction This paper explores the documentation of the claims for diseases that were caused by nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. Many suggest that cancer and other diseases in these islands have been caused by the nuclear testing in the Pacific. I chose this topic because I was always interested in the overall culture of the Marshall Islands. I was raised in Guam‚ a United States
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Drop The A-Bomb America has been through a tough and grueling war. We have lost many soldiers and need to speed it up on the Pacific front against the Japanese to change the tide and encourage surrender. America should drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Japan is in this war for the long hall and something has to change so men stop dying every day. Dropping the bomb is the best thing to do for the US and its military at this point. Dropping this atomic bomb could have some benefits to the US
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5/3/2011 Joan Hinton – Atomic Bomb Topic Outline & Thesis Statement According to Joan Hinton‚ “As long as there is war‚ scientists will never be free‚ are we scientists going to spend our lives in slavery for madmen who want to destroy the world?” Joan Hinton wanted to use her gift as a mathematician to help people around the world; instead‚ she was deceitfully recruited to work on a project that would kill sixty – seventy thousand people and injure one hundred
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the whole world was waiting to see what would happen next‚ especially when it came to the new weapon being developed‚ The Atomic Bomb. This uncertain time was called The Cold War. This war was very different than the common picture of a war‚ close range battle‚ with trench warfare and heavy fire. The Cold War was fought over great distances‚ and according to the New Oxford American Dictionary‚ the Cold War was “A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats‚ propaganda‚ and
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Dropping the atomic bomb will solve nearly every problem we have. It would force the Japanese to surrender‚ shorten the war‚ save lives and money‚ and avoid us from asking the Soviet Union to get involved. The atomic bomb is already built‚ and not using it would waste all the money and time put into developing it. Releasing the bomb on Japan really would be in the best interest of the United States. The first benefit of detonating the bomb would be forcing the Japanese to surrender. The Japanese
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The dropping of the atomic bomb was possibly the most debated topic undertaken by Harry Truman and the United States government in 1945. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan‚ fighting in the Pacific reached terrifying levels as Allied forces systematically destroyed Japan. Despite how potent these forces were‚ the cost of human life was sickeningly high. This “problem” had a controversial solution- the atomic bomb. Upon becoming president‚ Truman had the final decision pertaining to the
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Were the Americans justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? The United States of American became the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry in warfare‚ when they dropped the first of two atomic bombs 2000 feet over the city of Hiroshima in japan on August 6th 1945‚ killing 80000 civilians and militants instantly and eventually leading to the total destruction of up to 90 per cent of the city. This bomb along with a second bomb led to the surrender of japan just days
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