struggle for world power. On one side of the world the Germans fighting in the east and the Japanese in the west. The end of the war was brought on by new technology and the decision to change the world. People ask if it was necessary to drop the bombs on Japan. Truman made a decision that saved the lives of American Soldiers as well as Japanese soldiers. If it wasn’t for the lives saved‚ the Technology developed and the Decision made the world would not have devolved as fast as it has. The lives
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nuclear age. On August sixth‚ 1945 during World War two‚ an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima and three days later‚ on August ninth‚ 1945 the second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki‚ which forced the Japanese army to surrender. In 1939‚ Albert Einstein contacted President Roosevelt about his concerns of the axis powers having control of atomic technology and shortly after‚ the United States scientific
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was heard 100 miles away. The world’s first atomic bomb had just exploded. The Manhattan Project was the code name for the United States nuclear development project. It was lead by Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer‚ who was the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The program was hurried along after the United States government saw the importance and possibilities of the atomic bomb.
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USA dropped two nuclear bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima‚ two major cities in Japan. These cities were both moderately populated and now could be considered the ghost towns of Japan. American people know what recently happened at Pearl Harbor. So many people were killed‚ so many boats were sunk‚ and so much money was lost. Two days ago‚ the United States finally retaliated. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima‚ two cities in Japan.
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Was the atomic bomb truly as diabolical despite putting an end to WWII and saved much more millions in the process? After defeating two out of the three main Axis powers (Italy and Germany)‚ Japan‚ the remaining main Axis power‚ still had no intentions of surrendering. The United States was forced to be in the position in which they drop the atomic bomb on Japan and sacrifice Japanese lives for their own or reconsider forming another plan to bring Japan to mercy. Ultimately‚ the U.S. was in favor
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Truman and the Atomic Bomb On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the atomic bomb‚ named “Little Boy”‚ was dropped over Hiroshima‚ Japan. There were reasons for this act against Japan‚ one of which having to do with Russia. These included strategic‚ moral‚ and political reasons that would benefit the US in the war and ultimately help them win. The US also wanted this to end World War 2. As we look back on this historical event‚ many would argue if dropping the atomic bomb was the right choice. Strategically and politically
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Why is the event still important today? On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United .States . dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb destroyed most of Hiroshima‚ killing an estimated 130‚000 people. Nicknamed Little Boy‚ the bomb had a force equivalent to 20‚000 tons of TNT. On August 9‚ a second bomb called Fat Man was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki killing roughly between 60‚000 - 70‚000 people. On August 15 Japan surrendered. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The atomic bomb killed many innocent people‚ but it was necessary to end World War II. <br> <br>After World War II began in 1939‚ President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced the neutrality of the United States. Many people in the United States thought that their country should stay out of the war. The people wanted the Allied Forces to have the victory. President Roosevelt also wanted an Allied victory because an Axis victory might endanger democracies everywhere. The United States equipped nations
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and morale low the U.S. military decided to unleash the most destructive weapon the world has ever seen. The atomic bomb was a newly developed weapon able of causing destruction beyond any weapon before it. Two of these bombs were dropped on Japanese cities. The first on Hiroshima on August 6th‚ 1945 and the second on Nagasaki on August 9th‚ 1945. The immediate devastation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the only display of power that would cause the surrender of Japan. The psychological
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Japanese attacked. Indeed an extremely melancholy day for the citizens of America. However‚ all was not lost‚ after some time in the war‚ two major events immediately changed the tide of the war. The Invasion of Normandy‚ and the creation of the Atomic Bomb were both determining factors in the Allies winning the war. The Invasion of Normandy was one of the most major turning points in the war. Set in June of 1944‚ the invasion lasted two months of constant fighting. Allied
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