publicized their surrendering to the world‚ and helping to create a peaceful end to World War II. Throughout 1945 the War has had an a negative effect on many people in the nearby area of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as many damages done to the city and has created a genocide between many ethnic
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The United States’ decision to bomb both Nagasaki and Hiroshima was not at all justified. Many people know that Japan deliberately attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941‚ in order to strategically weaken the American Army. However‚ the United States’ decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to push Japan to surrender. The bombing was unjustified because the U.S. Army:(1) targeted heavily populated civilian cities‚ (2) deliberately planned their attack to kill‚ (3) did not
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Both ‘’Hiroshima’’ and The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb’’ were interesting works to read because they discuss two different views upon World War II. However‚ both works correlate to each other because at the end their message is simple: war inevitably causes death. Upon reading these works‚ I thought to myself how World War II is taught in the simplest form during history class in middle school. I never had a professor who explicitly went into detail of the horrors of World War II‚ therefore taking
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Hiroshima In response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated‚ “December 7‚ 1941-A date which will live in infamy”. On December 7‚1941‚ the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor at 7:55 in the morning(A Day of Infamy). The United States was‚ “suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” More than 2‚400 people died by the “unprovoked” attack made by the Japanese and more than 150 aircrafts were destroyed(Clancey). This attack‚ which was
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that after the explosion‚ three of the main characters got very ill do to radiation sickness. Father Kleinsorge is walking through the city to deposit money in Hiroshima when he suddenly becomes weak and barely makes it back to the mission. Mrs. Nakamura’s hair begins to fall out‚ and she and her daughter become ill. At the same time‚ Mr. Tanimoto‚ weak and feverish‚ becomes bedridden do to the radiation sickness. So he doctors started to reopen their hospitals and so now the people are starting
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dropping two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hard decisions were made with this war strategy and some important lessons were learned from this. Based on the circumstances‚ the US was justified in military action against Japan‚ however; dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki shouldn’t have happened. Thousands Civilians were killed over two cities of no real importance in gaining ground within the war. Of those included eleven US Navy pilots imprisoned in Hiroshima. Truman himself also stated
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being courageous and humane. Courage in a situation where there is destruction and suffering can be exceedingly strenuous to have‚ but it is important so that people can be aided. In Hiroshima by John Hersey‚ Mr. Tanimoto showed courage through moving the injured to refuge‚ in the middle of disastrous conditions. “Mr. Tanimoto found about twenty men and women on the sandspit. He drove the boat onto the bank and urged them to get aboard. They did not move and he realized they were too weak to lift
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experience the bomb knew what horrifying and terrible effects it would have on the city. In Hersey’s Hiroshima‚ a display of all the innocent lives lost and ruined in the bombing of the city of Hiroshima was shown‚ resulting in an example of why nations should find alternate solutions‚ other than nuclear weapons‚ to solve their problems. To illustrate‚ after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ thousands of people’s lives were instantly ruined. The results of the bombing caused so many people
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did exactly that when it bombed Hiroshima in 1945. The tactic that America took to end the war resulted in the deaths of nearly 146‚000 people; this was unacceptable because the citizens of Hiroshima were unarmed and were not part of the police force. This act was not a reasonable resolution to the war‚ it was a genocide that occurred because of a poor decision. Killing civilians during war is a serious violation (The United States war crimes). The bombing of Hiroshima was an unreasonable act that
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those hard times with hope. As a community‚ we can eaisly put our elf before others and take a positive oulook to advance our future. Putting yourself before others is a great way to have a hopeful future. In John Hersey’s touching novel; Hiroshima‚ a man namd Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto saves the lives of many. He is a true hero “After the storm‚ Mr.Tanimoto began ferrying people across the river again.”(Hersey 39). Mr.Tanimoto is working to make a hopeful future by putting himself before others. Instead
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