Potsdam Declaration. He then made one of the most difficult decisions to drop the atomic bomb. August 6‚1945 the first atomic bomb Little Boy was dropped on the city of Hiroshima and 70‚000 residents died instantly. August 4‚ the second bomb Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki killing 20‚000 instantly. The fatal atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki affected the country of Japan politically‚ economically‚ and medically. Soon after the bomb was dropped. “Hirohito insisted that Japan surrendered unconditionally
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warned that Nazi Germany had embarked on a program to create an atomic weapon. Germany had surrendered months prior to the intelligence reports‚ however the war against Japan was still intense. After creating and testing the atomic bomb‚ it was the responsibility of the President of the United States to make the decision to either use or not use the destructive power that is the atomic bomb. Using the atomic bomb was the correct decision‚ given an assessment of the facts and tests leading up to that
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Atomic Bomb in World War 2 During World War II the United States government launched a $2 billion project. This project‚ known as the Manhattan Project‚ was an effort to produce an atomic bomb. This project was taken on by a group atomic scientists from all over the world. The first atomic bomb was not tested at all. It was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan on August 6‚ 1945 killing over 80‚000 people and almost completely leveling the entire city. It destroyed more than
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article “If the Atomic Bomb Had Not Been Used‚” Compton attempts to persuade readers that the atomic bombings were needed im to stop the war from causing further destruction. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary in order to stop the war. Karl T. Compton builds his argument in hopes to appeal to the audience’s emotional standpoint or pathos. Compton’s use of pathos was evident on the first page third paragraph in which he wrote “ I believe‚ that the atomic bombs saved hundreds
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their fight. Sworn in as the 33rd United States president‚ after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s sudden death‚ Harry S. Truman presided over the end of WWII. When Truman learned of the success of the “Manhattan Project” he knew that he was faced with a decision of unparalleled gravity. He was well aware that the capacity to end the war with Japan was in his hands‚ however‚ he was also aware that it would involve unleashing the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. July 26‚ 1945 President Truman
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these weapons was the Atomic Bomb‚ which was created through the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was created in response to fears that German scientists were working on a weapon using nuclear technology since the 1930s. In a remote desert location near Alamogordo‚ New Mexico‚ the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated. It created an enormous mushroom cloud some 40‚000 feet high and ushered the world into the Atomic Age. In 1945 the United States had a decision to make‚ they either had
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After World War II brought many scientific achievements (most notable of which being the atomic bomb)‚ Americans were fascinated with science and the potential of the scientific community to solve the problems that were plaguing the country. The scientific community was promoting a “save the world” complex‚ and the American people believed in the power of science. In the 1940s‚ the scientific community came up with a solution to a big problem. Malaria was common throughout third world countries
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“Only after disaster can we be resurrected.“ The atomic bomb was a crucial And an enormous event in history. People’s actions can affect everyone; good or bad. Globally‚ the atom bomb affected everyone socially‚ economically‚ psychologically. To start with‚ it was the only nuclear attack in history and was known as “The Manhattan Project” because they were committed to speeding up the process in which They would build an atomic bomb. They dropped nuclear weapons on Japanese cities of Nagasaki and
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Against Japan: Science‚ Morality And The Atomic Bomb‚ the author provides information on the war in the Pacific which involved the United States and Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the United States entered the second World War in 1941. United States gained control of Okinawa in 1945 which meant that the U.S had control‚ in the months of May through August there were major air attacks on Japan‚ the Manhattan Project and the two atomic bombs the United States dropped in Hiroshima and
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would try it out also. They did some experiments‚ and when they figured out that Japan was building a bomb bigger than any other bomb in the world they decided that they had to build it first. So they got everybody that they thought could be helpful‚ They had scientists from all of the different countries that made up the allies working on making this weapon. The first attempts to build this bomb did not work at all. So they concentrated the uranium a lot more‚ and they started getting there.
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