Atomic Bomb Position Paper Was the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary? No‚ it was not. Neither of the two cities were military targets. Both cities had more civilians than troops. This would also mean that we broke the rules of war. We bombed innocent civilians. This‚ according to multiple documents of war‚ is illegal. Especially since the towns had no means of defending themselves. Bombing these towns also started the Cold war arms race. Everyone wanted the atomic bomb
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Perspective of Paul Tibbets (pilot of the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima) - Immediately after the bombing on Hiroshima August 6 1945 I have just returned from dropping an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. All that I can say is that it was a complete success. Today will go down in history. The last twenty-four hours have been exhilarating and adrenaline-filled. I’ve flown a lot of planes in my life so far but I have never done anything like this. The power of the Atomic bomb
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Hiroshima: Necessary Warnings Bill Eckley HIST560 4026624 “The final decision of where and when to use the atomic bomb was up to me. Let there be no mistake about it. I regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that it should be used.”1 –President Harry S. Truman By the closing stages of the Second World War the Generals and Admirals had very little to do with how the war was to end. Truly the decision to drop the atomic bomb
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“The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a necessary evil to end the Second World War.” To what extent do you agree with the statement? Explain your answer. I agree with the statement to a large extent. World War II is known for acts of heroism on both sides‚ as well as controversial decisions. One major event that has long been debated was the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The political landscape before the bomb was dropped prevented a Japanese surrender. The war would
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The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after the dropping of Little Boy The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi‚ 60‚000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9‚ 1945. After six months of intense fire-bombing of 67 other Japanese
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On August 6th‚ 1945‚ at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time‚ an American B-29 bomber‚ Enola Gay‚ drops the world’s first atom bomb‚ over the city of Hiroshima. Upon the explosion of the bomb‚ Approximately 80‚000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast‚ and another 35‚000 are injured. At least another 60‚000 would be killed by the effects radiation poisoning and starvation from the fallout. Despite of the great effort of the Air-force through the use of the atomic bomb‚ Japan refuses to surrender.
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September Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki World War II had been going on for over two years and the U.S. was staying in isolationism. But on December 7‚ 1941 Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor. After this The United States declared war on Japan. On August 6‚ 1945‚ little boy‚ the first atomic bomb ever used in war was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. This resulted in 70‚000-80‚000 people died immediately and another 70‚000 were injured. Hiroshima at the time was very large
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Sontag’s argument. In Ryfle’s article “Godzilla’s Footprint‚” he talks about the Japanese movie “Godzilla‚” directed by Ishirō Honda. To Honda‚ this movie had a serious meaning because it was about the atomic bombings that demolished Nagasaki and Hiroshima. It was made to make the audience understand what the Japanese people went through at a time when no one knew what type of damage resulted from the bombings. Susan Napier suggests that the ideological change in terms of both presentations of disaster
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Were the Americans justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945? The dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945 by the Americans is a very controversial issue with no definite answer. Both sides of the issue have very justifiable arguments. Reasons for dropping the bomb include the fact that Truman’s options were limited at this point in the war‚ that the bomb did have the desired outcome of Japans surrender and that the majority of reasons
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[pic] Fat Man and Little Boy over Nagasaki and Hiroshima The droppings of the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan in August of 1945 were the most destructive attacks in human history. They also ended the most devastating war in human history. The bombs that killed tens of thousands of people ended a war that resulted in the deaths of 60 million people (1). A minority of people have contested that the use of nuclear weapons on Japan was a crime against humanity. However‚ most believe
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