history 138w-38 | Why did Truman use the atomic bomb against Japan? What did his decision say about priorities of American foreign policy? | Truman decision and reasons behind deployment of the atomic bomb | | Min Yong Jung | 11/2/2010 | | Harry S. Truman‚ the 33rd President of the United States‚ deployed the atomic bomb on Japan to ensure the end of the Pacific War with minimal US casualties. Upon rejection of the Potsdam Declaration and calls for unconditional surrender by the Japanese
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tough decision right‚but if you were in charge of either losing millions or losing Hundred thousands of people what would you do!Well President Truman was in this position and he did not choose wrong. President truman was justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- During the Winter of 1941 something very sad and depressing happened.The day was december seventhth and this was no
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long it was sitting in the room). The bucket was then placed in the calorimeter in a certain way. At the bottom of the bucket‚ there were 3 “dents” which were aligned with the dents at the bottom of the calorimeter jacket (#14). The oxygen combustion bomb (#15) was then opened and roughly 10 cm of the wire (metal wire provided by the instructor) was cut and attached to the arms of the cup so the pellet of choosing (which was either the Naphthalene or the Benzoic Acid) would ignite with the wire and
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Experiment 3: Resonance Energy of Naphthalene by Bomb Calorimetry Cameron Fowler CHEM 457: Lab Section 4 Submitted: 11/4/10 Lab Group #3: Michael Hyle Neil Baranik Tim Riley Abstract: The enthalpy of combustion of naphthalene was experimentally determined to be -5030.44 ± 78.98 kJ/mol which was a 2.5% error from the literature value of -5160 ± 20 kJ/mol.2 The theoretical enthalpy of combustion of solid naphthalene was calculated to be -6862.68 kJ/mol using bond energies for the gaseous
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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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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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the night of the 9/10 March 1945‚ the US air force bombed Tokyo‚ with incendiary (fire) bombs. As Japan’s air force had been almost obliterated by March 1945‚ the US B29 bombers flew over Tokyo with no opposition from the Japanese Air Force meaning that Americans could drop all their weapons on Tokyo causing optimal damage to the Capital of Japan. As most of Tokyo’s buildings were made of wood‚ the incendiary bombs burned the city down causing the deaths of around 100‚000 people14. The most well-known
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University of Salford- Tourism industry operations | Kirsty White 2011 Evaluation of how airports are operated and their importance to tourists. Description of how airports generate their revenue. 1.0 Introduction The purpose of this report is to evaluate airports and their importance to tourists and how they generate their income. It will also identify the key components of the tourism industry‚ and recognise the upcoming trends and technology advancements that have recently influenced
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1. Introduction 1.1 Background The Hong Kong airport had been removed from Kowloon City to Chek Lap Kok on 6 July 1998. The New Airport‚ which costs around HK$70.2 billion‚ consists of passenger terminal buildings‚ centralized terminal processing buildings‚ runways and taxiways‚ attached and satellite terminal concourses‚ aircraft parking positions‚ road bridges‚ aircraft maintenance facilities and support and ancillary facilities. This project was deemed critical to the public because any
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American theoretical physicist and professor for the University of California at Berkeley. During WWII‚ he was appointed as the head of the Los Alamos Laboratory where he played a crucial role in the development of the atomic bomb and gained the nickname "The Father of the Atomic Bomb". After the war‚ he was appointed the chairman of the General Advisory Energy Commission and served as a prominent voice on the use of nuclear weaponry until passed away at age 62‚ due to cancer‚ in 1967. Oppenheimer was
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