doing their job‚ with them was "Little Boy" the name for the atomic bomb that was ordered to be dropped over Hiroshima‚ a manufacturing city‚ in a ploy to get the Japanese to surrender‚ the first bomb detonated successfully yet the Japanese Emperor Hirohito did not officially surrender until the second Atomic bomb code named " Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki creating a devisating mushroom cloud and killing
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States‚ much of Europe was in the Great Depression. Totalitarian Leaders stepped up to bring their countries back to their fame and glory during this depression. Japan’s totalitarian leader was Tojo Hideki‚ while the Emperor at the time was Hirohito. Hirohito and Hideki wanted to restore Japan’s glory as a massive empire. In Italy‚ Benito Mussolini was the totalitarian leader. Mussolini wanted to make Italy into its once powerful Roman Empire. In Russia‚ Joseph Stalin was the totalitarian leader
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the Pacific. Where in 1945 Japan on its last legs‚ having lost most its navy and air force and its air defenses basically did not exist‚ was hesitant to accept the unconditional surrender purposed by Truman as it provided no assurances for Emperor Hirohito. It was Under Secretary of the Navy
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World War II Pacific Theatre World War Two was a time of change. Weird alliances‚ lands of confusion‚ more efficient ways to kill‚ and most importantly‚ new ways to survive. The United States entry to World War two can be completely attributed to the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor. The United States had declared several neutrality acts throughout the course of Axis aggression in Europe and Asia. America first stated that they “did not recognize” Japan’s aggression when they invaded Manchuria
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Pragmatism was a philosophical tradition that originated in the United States around 1870. The most important of the ‘classical pragmatists’ were Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)‚ William James (1842–1910) and John Dewey (1859-1952). The influence of pragmatism declined during the first two thirds of the twentieth century‚ but it has undergone a revival since the 1970s with philosophers being increasingly willing to use the writings and ideas of the classical pragmatists‚ and also a number of thinkers
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It’s important for leaders to be humble and diplomatic so all nations can interact without dispute. If leaders become entitled or headstrong‚ they start to run into conflicts with others. When Hitler‚ Mussolini‚ and Emperor Hirohito began to tell their citizens their country and their race was the best‚ it puts those ideas in the citizens’ heads. Having all this propaganda force fed to them‚ they soon began to believe it. Ideologies are the most important cause of World War Two because they are centered
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26‚ 1945 stating that the war would end only when the Japanese surrendered and gave up Emperor Hirohito. This offer was completely unacceptable to the Japanese‚ who‚ at the time‚ regarded their emperor as a god and declined the Postdam demands without thinking twice. President Harry S Truman was in a situation where he could not change the terms of the offer‚ because the American citizens wanted Hirohito imprisoned‚ if not executed after the bombing of pearl harbor. Changing the terms of the offer
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to Germany. Last by not least‚ he will get rid of Jews. Mussolini was the dictator of Italy. He was also the leader of the Fascist Party. They believed in the state and government‚ but they didn’t have a clear theory that they believed in. Emperor Hirohito was the had of Japan. He had a very popular support‚ but he didn’t have an official group unlike Hitler and the Nazis and Mussolini and the
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warning before the Allies dropped the Atomic bombs. On July 26‚ a few days before the dropping of the bombs‚ President Truman issued a final ultimatum for the Japanese forces to surrender or be bombed. Yet‚ Emperor Hirohito declared that he would not surrender. On account of Emperor Hirohito not surrendering‚ Truman decided to drop the Atomic Bombs to end the war quickly. Hence‚ the Japanese were given a choice to surrender or to be bombed‚ but they chose to be bombed. Although many argue that the Atomic
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Paper vs. Electronic Media: Work Efficiency and Environmental Impact Hirohito Shibata; Fuji Xerox Co.‚ Ltd.‚ 6-1 Minatomirai‚ Nishi-ku‚ Yokohama‚ Kanagawa‚ 220-8668‚ Japan Abstract Table 1. CO2 emissions per unit quantity for each product This presentation quantitatively compares paper and electronic media from the perspectives of CO2 emissions and work efficiency. Should we reject paper out of hand based on environmental considerations? Can electronic reading devices replace paper
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