Was it right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki? By Ellie Hayes I think that the U.S. did the right thing by bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The cold hard fact is that Japan started the war‚ we just ended it. This debate will always be controversial because of the amount of Japanese citizens the two bombs killed and injured‚ but I believe those people are looking at it from the wrong perspective. The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was one of the most devastating tragedies in American history
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Miss Toshinki Sasaki One of the 6 major characters that had survived the Hiroshima bombing was Miss Toshinki Sasaki‚ a real survivor. Miss Toshinki Sasaki was a twenty-year-old lady. She was very impatient‚ selfish‚ and controversial‚ however‚ she was also very innocent and caring. She was currently living with her two brothers‚ sister‚ mother‚ and father in Koi. Miss Toshinki Sasaki had worked at the East Asia tin works and was a sales clerk. She had a handful of responsibilities at her household;
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United States used a massive‚ atomic weapon against Hiroshima‚ Japan. This atomic bomb‚ the equivalent of 20‚000 tons of TNT‚ flattened the city‚ killing tens of thousands of civilians. While Japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation three days later‚ the United States struck again‚ this time‚ on Nagasaki. At 2:45 a.m. on Monday‚ August 6‚ 1945‚ a B-29 bomber‚ the Enola Gay‚ took off from Tinian‚ a North Pacific island in the Marianas‚ 1
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Were the Americans justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? The United States of American became the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry in warfare‚ when they dropped the first of two atomic bombs 2000 feet over the city of Hiroshima in japan on August 6th 1945‚ killing 80000 civilians and militants instantly and eventually leading to the total destruction of up to 90 per cent of the city. This bomb along with a second bomb led to the surrender of japan just days
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Should We Have Used the Atomic Bomb to Defeat the Japanese in WWII? Despite its destructive consequences‚ the American bombing of Hiroshima was necessary to put an end to the war in the Pacific. President Truman’s choice to release a nuclear weapon on Japan was the fastest solution to ending the United States’ involvement in the Second World War‚ making the decision the most time efficient way out. Hiroshima’s destruction was also‚ very possibly‚ the only way for the United States to win the war
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opposite opinions about the necessity of using the atomic bomb to the end of World War II. Gar Alperowicz‚ in his article‚ "Hiroshima Remembered: The U.S. was Wrong"‚ the evidence to prove that America didn’t need to use atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagashaki to end the war. Contrary to this article John Connnor in his article "Hiroshima Remembered: The U.S. was Right" is trying to prove and convince reader that using atomic bomb on Hiroshima was necessary to end the war and it saved tremendous
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Abbigail Richardson Instructor’s Name US History May 28‚ y Bombing Japan The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII was a great controversial event for America. American citizens should learn about this event because it lead to other major events in our nation’s history like the Cold War‚ and most likely the next war that our great nation has to face. The day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor‚ President Roosevelt declared war on Japan. US troops were deployed in
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No More Hiroshimas. James Kirkup. Appreciation by P.S.Remesh Chandran‚ Editor‚ Sahyadri Books‚ Trivandrum. Mankind hates to destruct‚ in spite of the destructive traits inherent in man. In his heart‚ man is a good being who likes to preserve mankind’s achievements intact for the posterity. But politics is often not led by men‚ but by mobs and crowds. Wars when fought by single persons have always turned to be good to this world: Socrates‚ Tolstoy‚ Louis Pasteur. When fought by people‚ they turned
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Atomic energy By: Hiram A. Murray III Background info The origin of the phrase atomic energy check in from the years of 1905-10. It is defined as energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei‚ as in nuclear fission or fusion. Now a days it is referred to Nuclear energy. Nuclear power uses fission (splitting atom nuclei) to produce energy. Atom nuclei is also none as the nucleus (center of the atom). Around 6% of the world’s energy and 14% of the world’s electricity is produced by nuclear
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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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