different suggestions come to mind‚ raging from the invention of the iPhone to the Civil War. I believe that the most important event was the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The dropping of the bombs saved over a million American lives‚ introduced America as a world power‚ and‚ if not most importantly‚ was the first steps into the Cold War. If the bombs had not been dropped‚ many American lives would have been lost‚ and the war could have dragged on for many more years. If “Operation
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As a citizen from the U.S.A.‚ I believe that we should not drop the bomb in Japan.The use of the bomb without warning is contrary to the position of the United States as a great humanitarian nation‚ especially since Japan seems close to surrender.More than 60 of its cities have been destroyed by conventional bombing‚ the home islands are being blockaded by the American Navy‚ and the Soviet Union entered the war by attacking Japanese troops in Manchuria. Even general Dwight Eisenhower said that the
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The United States was justified to do this because of the unprovoked attack and bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ which occurred three years prior to the bombing of Hiroshima‚ and it was necessary to stop the war because it saved thousands of American lives. Until then‚ the fight had never been on United States soil. The innocent civilians of Japan did not have to worry about being killed on their land until
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“The Atomic Bomb was not only used to attack Japan‚ but it also helped to scare Russia” (Article 2) World War 2 was a very bloody war from 1939-1945. In WW2 there were two sides. The ETO and the PTO. The ETO was when the U.S. and all the allied forces fought against Hitler to try and save/help fix Germany from what Hitler had done. While men and women were fighting in the ETO‚ there were men and women fighting in the PTO. On December 7th‚ 1941 Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor Hawaii. In doing that
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in 1945‚ an atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima‚ Japan; three days later a second bombing occurred in Nagasaki‚ Japan. These bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only changed the physical and emotional health of the Japanese people‚ they also changed the world. In my essay‚ I’m going to be discussing in what ways the dropping of the atomic bombs was significant and which of these is the most important My first paragraph is going to be about the massive impact the atomic bomb had on Japan itself
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In 1939‚ a vision was put into motion with the creation of the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb was going to be the answer to the end of World War II and the final factor that would solidify the United States as a true superpower. With the creation of the atomic bomb‚ no one would stand in the way of the United States. The United States became the "New Rome‚" and with the power of the Atomic Bomb behind them‚ no other nation stood in their way. "My God‚ what have we done?" - Robert Lewis‚ the co-pilot
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The Atomic Bomb: Beneficial or Disastrous? Was dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II the most affective action that the United States could have taken? In the American eyes it was a good punishment on Japan in response to the Pearl Harbor attacks on December 7‚ 1941. The way the Japanese leaders launched the fighter planes that came in a destroyed many U.S. naval ships and took thousands lives‚ including soldiers and innocent bystanders‚ was a completely immoral
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One reason Truman made the right decision of dropping the bomb was because Japan was resistant to give up the fight. In all honesty‚ we tried. We sent them a warning but‚ according to Henry L. Stimson‚ Secretary of War “Suzuki rejected the Potsdam Ultimatum by announcing it was “unworthy of public notice”” (Stimson 49). The warning was used to warn Japan the consequences if they did not surrender. To our dismay‚ they rejected showing they were unwilling to stop fighting despite the warning we gave
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Universität Kassel (University of Kassel in Germany) The U.S. and the decision to drop the bombs 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction.......................................................................................................1 2. Main position of the experts..............................................................................6 3. Conclusion.........................................................................................................8 4. Works cited
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during World War II‚ he decided to drop the atomic bomb on two cities in Japan. The first bomb that dropped on Hiroshima was nicknamed “Little Boy”. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the Hiroshima and immediately killed an estimation of 80‚000 people; thousands more people would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later‚ a second bomb dropped another on the city of Nagasaki‚ it is estimated to have killed about 40‚000 people. Although the bomb that was dropped on the city of Nagasaki was
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