first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚ and then on August the 9th‚President Truman announced “sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy” and then on August the 9th three days later another American bomber plane dropped the second bomb on the industrial section of the city of Nagasaki‚ these two bombed completely destroyed most of the cities. There were lots of consequences of the bomb being dropped
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You‚ however‚ will remain unharmed. An electromagnetic bomb‚ or e-bomb‚ is a weapon designed to take advantage of this dependency. But instead of simply cutting off power in an area‚ an e-bomb would actually destroy most machines
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for the Atomic Bomb In Paul Russell’s passage from Thank God for the Atomic Bomb‚ he describes how the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were fully necessary. Russell agrees with President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs because of the logical reasons. He gives examples that compare to the overall effect to America‚ and the positive things that happen to America such as the fact that the war would be over. I agree with Fussell’s opinion because the atomic bomb solved many problems
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Four years later and still at war‚ the President Franklin Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein explaining efforts in Nazi Germany to build an atomic bomb. The United States Government soon after began a very secretive project known as “The Manhattan Project”. They developed a new weapon‚ which was called the nuclear bomb. The United States made two of these weapons‚ “Little Boy” which consisted of uranium-235‚ weighed about 9‚700lbs and‚ two billion dollars of research was the smallest
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On the morning of August 6‚ 1945‚ the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. On August 9‚ 1945‚ the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Thousands died instantaneously while many more died from radiation exposure from the bombs. The use of the atomic weapons was unnecessary due to the fact the Japan’s military was greatly weakened and ready to surrender‚ thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed simply for political power‚ and there could have been alternatives
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between former allies. Communist Russia forced control over their section that was gained in the Potsdam conference. They set up many barriers around their portion of East Berlin and eventually around East Germany. America had dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and a new technology been revealed as a massive‚ deadly weapon that could wipe out thousands instantly‚ it was now an arms race. “Push of a button in Russia‚ and 35 minutes later much of U.S. could be laid to waste—with power to retaliate
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During World War II the United States produced two atomic bombs. It was a big decision to drop not one but two atomic bombs on Japan in World War II. That decision was one of the biggest in history and there was more than one reason for President Truman to authorize the use of atomic bombs. What he did not realize or know‚ was the effects it would have. The atomic bombs did not just affect Japan by their devastation‚ but they affected the foreign policy throughout the world for years to come. In
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The Atomic Bomb Probably no other man-made object has wielded as much terror or destruction as the Atomic Bomb. Created‚ tested‚ and used during World War II‚ it brought about the end of that bloody conflict. Unfortunately‚ it also was the cause of much loss in human life. However‚ why it was created‚ creation‚ and use are very interesting‚ although somewhat sad‚ and offer many topics for study. The creation of the bomb was actually started before the war- early 1941‚ because the president
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6 august‚ 1945 America had attacked Hiroshima‚ Japan with nuclear bomb named little boy. Nuclear bomb has taken around 10000 lives in the provenience of explosion. Three days later again an attack had occurred with the same type of the bomb named fat man in Nagasaki. The intensity of the bomb was 12500 TNT and it had caused around 4000 degree Celsius. It was enough to vaporize the flesh and bones of humans. It was a nightmare for the people of Japan. The name “hypocenter” is a new term to learn
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women’s human rights. 2. Outline the ticking time bomb argument and explain how it lends support to the
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