box that was shaping the world. The Enola Gay prepared to drop the bomb that president Truman hoped would end the war. We listened as the plane approached the target site. A city of over 100‚000 people. They would hear the bombers approaching and prepare for an attack -- hiding under desks or crouching in basements as they had been taught -- but there was no hiding from this one. As our lead scientist said when we tested the bomb‚ "Now I am become Death‚ the destroyer of worlds.” The countdown began
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(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) website‚ every 4.5 minutes‚ a baby is born with a birth defect in the United States. That means 120‚000 babies are affected by birth defects each year. Many of these birth defects affect any part of the body including: brain‚ foot‚ heart‚ vision and many more. Many can affect the way you look‚ or the proper function of your body or both. Two major birth defects that affect infants are Omphalocele and Spina Bifida . Omphalocele is a type of hernia. This
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The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs during WWII On August 6th 1945 the United States‚ under President Harry S. Truman‚ dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima‚ a fairly large city in Japan. Three days later on August 9th‚ a second atomic bomb was dropped on another Japanese city‚ Nagasaki. A big question that is still argued today is whether the droppings of the two atomic bombs‚ that forced the Japanese to surrender‚ were a necessary act. Many historians and politicians argue this point
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The Use of the Atomic Bomb The Manhattan Project was a secretive project created by the government to get ahead in the push for a nuclear bomb. After its completion‚ the atomic bomb was secretly tested in the New Mexico desert. The bomb was a success and next came the hardest decision of Harry S. Truman’s life. He was president at the time and he had to decide whether or not the bomb should be dropped. He had to account for the civilian’s lives‚ but also had to think about the outcome of the war
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World War II & the Atomic Bomb The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the end to the world’s largest armed conflict. Many debates have surfaced over the ethics of such an attack. The bomb itself caused massive amounts of casualties while the unknown effects of radiation caused many more deaths amongst the survivors of the blast. Despite the ghastly effects of such a weapon‚ it offered the best choice for a quick and easy defeat of Japan. President Truman‚ who authorized
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and the Atomic Bomb"‚ written by George Orwell in 1945‚ Orwell goes into a discussion about the new weapon and how it could change the world societal structure. As well as‚ how we wage war as humans. In 1945‚ there were two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which days later ended one of the bloodiest wars in history. Many conflicts arose due to the casualties and long-term affects created. Orwell wrote “You and the Atomic Bomb” shortly after this occurrence. The atomic bomb was an overall
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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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Analysis Due: 3/3/14 The title itself‚ “Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War‚” simply depicts the true cause of this international standstill. Although the writers introduce the audience to the underlying background behind this war‚ such as increasing political tension between a soon-to-be-called Anglo-American alliance and the U.S.S.R during and previous to World War II‚ the main focus of this composition is exemplified by the impact which the atomic bomb had on establishing an international
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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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