developed and used different weapons to take out their enemies. Not until the last 100 years though‚ have these weapons been threats that can kill millions of people in seconds and decimate entire cities. With the development of weapons such as the atomic and hydrogen bombs and chemical and biological warfare‚ modern warfare has become a destructive force effecting not just one city but whole countries and hundreds of millions of people. With such terrible and destructive power is it possible that
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The many causes of the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan was justified and was a strategic attack. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan took place on two dates August 6‚ 1945 and August 9‚ 1945 and it attacked two cities of Japan and all of the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The main reason for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to justify that we are still the strongest country and United States wanted to win the war. President Truman at the time was the president. The first
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being defeated‚ the world breathed a sigh of relief. Unfortunately‚ the surrender that came from most German allies in the rest of the world was not a predisposition the Japanese shared. They refused to surrender until the United States dropped atomic weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9‚ 1945. On August 15‚ the Japanese announced their unconditional surrender‚ thereby ending World War II. The decision of the USA to use nuclear weapons to force the
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The document‚” The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki “was produced during the time period of World War 2 in the 20th century. Both denotations were dropped in 1945. It was an attack that was ordered by the United States on Japanese land because the Japanese had attacked previously attacked the United States. Japan had initiated this conflict and the U.S was determined in ending it. This document states that an overview of the immense damage to Japanese infrastructure‚ population‚ and willpower
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to become involved in this war‚ it eventually joined after the Japanese attacked U.S forces in Pearl Harbor. By dropping two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and declaring war on Germany‚ the U.S had officially entered the war. Reasons why the U.S dropped these atomic bombs were and still are the subject of much controversy. After the first atomic bomb detonation in 1945 taking place in New Mexico‚ speculations arose disputing whether or not the implementing of these bombs
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States The atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan in 1945 were not seen as a logical reaction to the war by everyone. Leo Szilard was a Hungarian physicist that was the first to conceive of the mechanics of the atomic bomb‚ and how it worked. He was fighting the use of these bombs on Japan‚ and trying to urge the President to reconsider the idea. Although he lost the argument over whether to use the bombs‚ his argument was valid based on the devastation that was caused by the atomic bombs in Japan
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Atomic Atrocity On July 7‚ 1937‚ Japan invaded China‚ opening the pacific theater. Four years later‚ Japan bombs Pearl Harbor‚ bring the United States into World War II. The stalwart Axis powers would present major opposition to the Allied Powers. After the fall of Nazi Germany‚ the Japanese were still standing. Island hopping through the Pacific‚ the U.S. overtook Okinawa in May of 1945. Weighting the possibility of a land invasion‚ the U.S. decided to drop atomic weapons on Hiroshima three months
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“Photography has to transcend description. It has to go beyond description to bring insight into the subject‚ or reveal the subject‚ not as it looks‚ but how does it feel?” ― Duane Michals Our understanding of War has been profoundly affected by the invention of photography. This can be seen through the use of different approaches though which photographers have demonstrated their perspective of how they think war can be presented through the medium of photography. They have depicted both the
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Wartime is something that we have seen to be somewhat inevitable in the world and a major part of our history. We have seen all throughout history how different nations‚ states‚ groups and even people go to war for feuds that they believe matter to them and to gain something from this whether that be land‚ power or anything else. But should innocent lives be lost when achieving this goal? I believe that the lives of those that are not involved with war should not be compromised and there is no justifiable
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completed their research in the atomic bomb and could have used it on the Allied Forces. By choosing to aid and be a part of the Gunnerside team and launch the attack on the Vemork plant as well as sinking the Hydro‚ Knut Haukelid made the right decision‚ which shows their sense of Global/National responsibility. But also by choosing to Sink the Hydor and attack the
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