well as controversial decisions. One major event that has long been debated was the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reason Japan was threatened by the U.S. with the Atomic bomb was to force them to surrender. The war would have taken much longer had an invasion been attempted. An invasion would have cost more lives for both sides than the bombings. The Allies were justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first reason the bombing was justified was that it
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The atomic bomb is a nuclear bomb that was used in the World War 2 and had a positive impact on both sides of the war. The U.S would save more soldier lives if they used the bomb‚ but if they were to invade Japan they would lose a huge amount of soldiers.The U.S warned Japan to surrender to help the lives of the Japanese people because the atomic bomb would abolish many lives that were in the city of Hiroshima. This shows the positive impact the atomic bomb had for the U.S and Japan. As a result
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President Truman made the correct decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. There were various events that led to his correct decision starting with Albert Einstein’s letter to President Roosevelt. In his letter‚ Einstein warned President Roosevelt that Germany might develop and use atomic bombs. These bombs were capable of mass destruction because of the energy released by the splitting of atomic nuclei. When a single free neutron strikes the nucleus of an atom of radioactive material
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ at 8:16 am‚ American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This fatal bomb wiped out 90% of the city and 80‚000 people immediately‚ however‚ tens of thousands more later died from extreme radiation exposure. When no surrender was filed by the Japanese‚ three days later‚ August 9‚ 1945‚ Major Charles Sweeney flew another B-29 bomber‚ on Nagasaki at 11:02 am‚ killing an estimated 40‚000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced
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On the morning of August the 6th 1945‚ an American bomber plane dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚ and then on August the 9th‚President Truman announced “sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy” and then on August the 9th three days later another American bomber plane dropped the second bomb on the industrial section of the city of Nagasaki‚ these two bombed completely destroyed most
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ahcieved it. But in the story The Alchemist a shepherd boy named Santiago achieves his Personal Legend with some help from three major characters who teach him many important things. The crystal merchant is one of the characters that helped Santiago by encouraging him and helping him earn back his money. Another important character who helped Santiago in his journey was the English man. He helped Santiago understand many things that he did not know before. The alchemist is an important character who
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Mass Determination of Ca‚ Fe and Zn in a multivitamin using Atomic Absorbance Spectroscopy (AAS) and X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF) ABSTRACT: The purpose of this project was to determine the amount of calcium‚ iron and zinc present in an over the counter multivitamin. This mass was determined using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). For both analytical techniques‚ the method of standard additions was used to compensate for matrix effects.
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Atomic bombs have killed up to 80‚000 people in an instant when dropped. During the Cold War many countries built more nuclear weapons. Communism and the creation of nuclear weapons were two major problems during the Cold War. The Soviet Union and The United States were allies during WW2 but soon turned against each other after the resolution of the war in 1945. The Cold War then lasted approximately 45 years‚ when becoming obvious in 1947 and then ending in about 1991. The first obvious movement
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Hiroshima’s atomic bombing Educating ourselves on events in world history may not prevent the present and future leaders from making the same mistakes‚ and neither will it accomplish utter tranquility and peace among all countries. It is however an important tool for us individuals to understand the results of each event‚ and how they came to shape the structures of nations and their relationships with each other today. The bombing of Hiroshima is an event that has impacted the United States and
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Dropping of the Atomic Bomb “On August 16‚ 1945‚ Enola Gray‚ a U.S. bomber‚ dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ and three days later‚ a second atomic bomb destroyed the city of Nagasaki” (Hiroshima and Nagasaki). Many people argue whether or not these bombings were ethical and legal. The U.S. killed innocent people in order to “break the morale” of the Japanese population. The U.S. also broke many of the statements in the “Just War” doctrine. Theses bombings caused many people to face harmful
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