taught in grade schools was that the United States dropped the atomic bomb to save American lives and end the war. President Truman and some advisors stated after the war‚ that somewhere between five hundred thousand to one million American lives would be loss with an invasion of the Japanese homeland (37). So‚ in an attempt to bring the War in the Pacific to an end they used the atomic bomb. They also justified the use of the atomic bomb by claiming using the bomb would save an untold number of
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IA A. Plan of Investigation This investigation evaluates whether or not the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary to make Japan surrender unconditionally. To assess the extent to which the deployment of nuclear weapons affected the Japanese decision to surrender unconditionally and if Japan was already prepared to do this prior to the use of the atomic bombs. The details and motivations of the United States to drop the bombs are explored as well as Japan’s
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Was the U.S justified in their Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb? Before WWII‚ the United States strongly supported the idea of Isolationism‚ meaning they did not want to be involved in wars. As the time passed the United States found them turning away from neutrality by providing armed weapons to other nations. When other countries could not afford to buy products‚ the U.S could not afford to lose business‚ so they came up with a Lend-Lease Act and Cash and Carry. Both selling and lending items
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ during World War II (1939-45)‚ an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb named the Enola Gay over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It is said to have dropped right over Shima Surgical Hospital some 70 yards southeast of the Industrial Promotional Hall (now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome). The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80‚000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Crewmembers of the
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before the atomic bombs were planned to be dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima‚ they were both on the list to be fire bombed. What’s the difference besides that one bomb is more deadly and new to the world? The cities would both be in ruins anyway. Some may even say that being hit by the atomic bomb was better than being hit by a fire bomb; the atomic bomb‚ when right underneath‚ vaporized people on spot‚ not a lot of pain; the fire bomb burns you to death. Also with this‚ the atomic bomb is new and
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The atomic bomb‚ a powerful weapon‚ launched an already weary world into a state of paranoia and political tension. This discovery‚ while spectacular in its own right‚ caused a need for new international laws. For safety reasons‚ a weapon of mass destruction cannot exist without regulations. Constant danger of instant death and nuclear explosions provoked more hostility than World War II itself. Without any defense against this cataclysmic force‚ the world was in desperate need for reassurance. The
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The film the Atomic Café Project is a film that covers the beginnings of the era of nuclear warfare‚ created from a broad range of archival film from the 1940s‚ 1950s and early 1960s. The Louvin Brothers’ 1952 classic‚ “Great Atomic Power‚” was recorded in the aftermath of the World War II bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I don’t think there would be any issue with showing this film to new employees. After watching the film‚ I think that everyone will grow their own opinion about the consequences
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Was the dropping of the atomic bombs justified? I have carefully selected six different sources which are either for or against the USA dropping the bombs on Japan. I have tried to find ones which support or oppose the dropping for their own separate reason. Source 4 is against the dropping of the bomb. It is an eye-witness account from a five year old girl; I think this is a reliable source because a five year old girl has no reason to lie about the events. It is sad because a girl of that age
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think of the words “Little Boy” you think of innocence and incorruptibility‚ but the atomic bomb targeted for Hiroshima carrying the code name “Little Boy” was anything but‚ and was one of the last straws for Japan is World War II. The bomb caused massive destruction and three days later when another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ Japan couldn’t take it and surrendered. If today I was asked to drop an atomic bomb on an enemy I would have to consider a lot before accepting the mission. When the
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Corps of Engineers (Schlager 408). Frist‚ the initiative was put into motion because of the growing fear that Nazi Germany might be developing an atomic bomb following a number of their advances in science (Kraft). President Roosevelt eventually started the project after Einstein sent a letter to him‚ urging the development (Manhattan). When the atomic bomb was successfully created‚ the reasons for detonation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ Japan included “ending the war as quickly as possible (to save
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