had every right to drop the Atomic bomb on Japan and therefore force them to surrender. The Japanese had at that time‚ already lost quite a lot of battles against the US and were forced to retreat back to Japan. Yet‚ the Japanese borders were heavily fortified. Had the Americans attacked Japan‚ they estimated their losses to be about 500 000 men. By dropping the atomic bomb‚ an estimated number of 100 000 people died. So in the end you can see that dropping the atomic bomb has saved quite a lot of
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Justifiable Bombing Katina Jacobs Paula Massey Winnie Palmer Willie Neals Jennifer Mcglocklin Dominique Owens Cursty Mclean Royanna Martin Instructor Dipe On August 6‚ 1945‚ President Truman decided that it was in the best interest of the United States to drop an atomic bomb on Japan. Many people would say that the decision that he made was unjustifiable and morally wrong‚ however; many of us think that it was justifiable. Having to face the biggest decision of his life‚ Truman thought
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Atomic Bomb Essay World War II started on September 3 1939‚ When Germany invaded Poland‚ two days later the war started when Britain and France declared war on Germany. But the United States did not get involved until December 7 1941 when Japan bombed a naval base called Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. In 1942 The Manhattan Project started in the United States. The project was to build nuclear weapons. It took three years to construct and test the weapons. The United States had to contact Japan and
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The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary. The bombs were the U.S. trying to end a period of darkness in human history. The U.S. made a judgement call to either keep on with the war and putting with pro long war and more casualties‚ or to just end it all and make them surrender the hard way. The use of atomic bombs was something that the U.S. thought was appropriate to save everyone from the costs of more war and the destruction of the world. This was a consequence that was
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Sierra Rogers Phillips Pre-AP World History Justification of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki There are primary and secondary documents which support both sides of this very controversial issue. Throughout doing this research I have found it incredibly hard to take a one-sided approach to this essay and therefore have decided to remain neutral. I will present my conclusions of both perspectives on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hopefully by acknowledging the conflicting views‚
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The dropping of the atomic bombs showed the world that the United States was a force to be reckoned with‚ and established it as a commanding force. The US had not been a part of the League of Nations‚ and had less global participation and influence in years past. At the end
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point added to your final grade. 1. What was the fuel used in the first nuclear bomb test? Plutonium 2. What was the nickname of the airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb? . Fat Man . 3. Which president authorized creation of the atomic bomb? Harry Truman 4. What was the code name of the project to develop the atomic bomb? Trinity 5. What process generates the heat and energy in present day nuclear power plants? nuclear fusion 6. When was the last U.S. nuclear bomb test
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development of the atomic bomb and chemical warfare forever changed the way people saw the world. It was a landmark in time for which there was no turning back. The constant balancing of the nuclear super powers kept the whole of humankind on the brink of atomic Armageddon. Fear of nuclear winter and the uncertainty of radiation created its own form of a cultural epidemic in the United States. During these tense times in human history officials made controversial decisions such as the bombings of Hiroshima
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written both defending and attacking it. With all the information given‚ this paper should present an argument that the atomic bombings of Japan were wrong. The “wrongness” of the bombing of Hiroshima can be approached from a few different ways. One reason why I am against it is because I feel there were other things that could have been done that were less intrusive than an atomic bomb. Secondly‚ I argue that it was pragmatically wrong because the Japanese were about to surrender‚ anyway. Finally
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the world’s first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The nuclear explosion killed nearly 90 percent of the cities population‚ killing 75‚000 people from the point of impact and thousands more dying from Radiation Poisoning later on. Three days later‚ on August 9th‚ a second B-29 bomber named “Bockscar” dropped a second Atomic bomb on the Japanese city‚ Nagasaki. This bomb killed 40‚000 people on impact with over 60‚000 more people dying after from Radiation Poisoning. The Atomic bomb was a new technology
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