tested the first atomic bomb at Alamogordo‚ New Mexico on July 16‚ 1945. The Potsdam Proclamation asked Japan to surrender unconditionally to end the war. Unconditional surrender simply meant the demilitarization of Japan and the end of the emperor Hirohito. The U.S. warned Japan of “utter devastation” if it did not accept the unconditional surrender. The emperor was beyond the politics and the god for the Japanese. Prime Minister Suzuki declared the Potsdam Proclamation a "thing of no great value"
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I think that it is justified. One reason I think it is justified is that it saved Japanese and American lives. It saved Japanese lives because it shortened the war which would of killed more than 18‚000 soldiers. Millions of Japanese soldiers would have been killed if they had more battles. Also that was the most number of soldiers that had died in one battle‚ 6‚800‚ of The battle of Iwo Jima. The US then got worried about the soldiers so President Truman decided that he had no other choice than
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Here’s an interesting piece of WW II history. Tinian Island‚ Pacific Ocean. It’s a small island‚ less than 40 square miles‚ a flat green dot in the vastness of Pacific blue. Fly over it and you notice a slash across its north end of uninhabited bush‚ a long thin line that looks like an overgrown dirt runway. If you didn’t know what it was‚ you wouldn’t give it a second glance out your airplane window. On the ground‚ you see the runway isn’t dirt but tarmac and crushed limestone‚ abandoned with
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Propaganda was an important tool which was used during World was 11. The purpose it played was to change the way people viewed what was happening during the war. Persuasion was used in the form of posters‚ art‚ and television in order to change people’s perspectives. Just like anything else in life‚ there were pros and cons to the formats utilized to do this. One of the pros‚ which was of the utmost importance‚ was to boost morale. This would have been effective during this time because of all the
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Another key person‚ and Hitler’s collaborator was Benito Mussolini. In the photograph above are Benito Mussolini (left)‚ and Adolf Hitler (right)‚ were allies during World War II. Benito Mussolini‚ Dictator of Italy‚ is known for the creation in 1919 of his own political party‚ called the Fascist Revolutionary Party later being renamed the National Fascist Party. The National Fascist Party ruled Italy from 1922 when the March on Rome took place‚ to 1943. The original idea of Italian Fascists was
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CW History Mr. Rioux 06.05.11 Was it right to drop two atomic bombs? “If you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast”1‚ said President Harry Truman to justify the use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But isn’t this the exact opposite of what is preached in the bible? “If someone slaps you on one cheek‚ offer the other also” (Luke 6:29)‚ it does not say that we should slap back to even the score. So was dropping the bombs the wrong decision‚ or was it the only
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people‚ and the aftershocks of the most eventful day in the history of the world. I would like to have seen the destruction first-hand of what a bomb that size could destroy. Although my heart goes out to the individuals of Japan‚ their emperor‚ Hirohito‚ had the opportunity to have stopped the bombing all together; it was his decision to carry on with the war after President Truman had sent The Potsdam Declaration to him outlining the terms of surrender for Japan. Bad as it may have been for the
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At the start of 1942‚ the Manhattan Project‚ which was codename for the creation of the atomic bomb‚ began. The project was to create a high functioning bomb which caused mass destruction. As WWII came to a close‚ with Japan and the United States the only remaining countries in combat‚ neither showed signs of surrendering. Something had to be done to end the war‚ so the United States dropped the atomic bomb. It was justifiable to drop the bomb because neither country showed signs of surrendering
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On October 29‚ 1929‚ forever known as “Black Tuesday”‚ Americans were flung from wild parties‚ prosperity‚ and cultural revolutions into unemployment‚ poverty‚ and suffering. The Roaring Twenties was a time where the American people wanted to forget everything that happened in the Great War. Culture The night life soared jazz music gripped the masses and everyone danced their lives away with the flailing of limbs known as the Charleston. Economy Everybody bought stock every single business
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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.” And on August 15‚ 1945 the war ended. Japan had to weaken its military. United Nations was formed in order to co-operate internationally‚ and
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