When a bomb struck Marea‚ a small town located in Syria‚ the true extent of the catastrophe was not immediately apparent. As the New York Times explains‚ residents living in Marea had experienced bombings many times before. When the alarm began to sound signaling an incoming round of bombs heading towards Marea‚ Abu Anas and his family remained inside of their home bracing for the attack. However‚ this time‚ instead of being struck by a bomb‚ they were struck by a chemical warfare agent (CWA) known
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Atomic bomb on Japan. On August 1945‚ the U.S had already taken possession outside of the homelands of Japan. The U.S now had to invade Japan directly face to face. Clearly‚ taking this action would result in a bloody bath. For an outsider‚ the Japanese already looked defeated. Their military size was shrinking and it was obvious that they had no chance in coming back to victory. However the imperialist Japan had a different mindset. Their mindset was to fight until the very last man standing. Civilians
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In the article “How Social Movements Matter” by Professor David S. Meyer‚ he explains how social movements played a huge role in promoting political and social change‚ and uses the 2003 anti-Iraq War movement as the central point. He informs the reader about how the social movements created an up rise in social in social communities and societies. Social movements move main goal is to project important issues about a very important topic‚ but sometimes they don’t always achieve this. He begins
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Goran Rickard Johansson In Lesson 5: “Proportionality should be a guideline in war” McNamara answers the question of why the incendiary and nuclear bombs were dropped on Japanese cities by the U.S during World War II. Comparing the population of these Japanese cities to cities in America of equivalent size‚ McNamara says that the proportionality of the war on Japan was immoral. For instance‚ 51% of Tokyo was destroyed‚ with Tokyo being approximately the size of New York. In Toyama‚ 99% of
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EASY: Q1. A. In one exhibition‚ some air got mixed with the hydrogen‚ and in the words of the performer: “The explosion was so bad that I imagined all my teeth were blown out!” B. An entertainer finishes his acts by blowing the hydrogen he had inhaled towards a lighted candle; the moment hydrogen caught fire‚ flames would shoot menacingly from his lips. C. A bag filled with hydrogen amused guests by getting off into spaces. D. When people learned about the unique lighter-than-air property of hydrogen
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Newspaper Assignment #2 The Texas Tribune‚ August‚ 4th‚ 2016‚ Opinion: In Dirty Bomb Prevention‚ Texas Fails a Crucial Test The article brings to light how accessible it is to gather components to build a dirty bomb considering the current laws and regulations set by the federal and state government. In the first week of August 1945‚ the world saw the first and only use of nuclear weapons in warfare. America’s use of the atomic bombs on Japan‚ resulted in the death of over 130‚000 people and
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Knut Haukelid and the Gunnerside team had orders to destroy the Vemork heavy water power plant in which the first team failed to do and after that‚ to destroy the Hydro which was carrying barrels of heavy water. Knut Haukelid and the Gunnerside team did the right thing in destroying the Vemork Heavy Water Plant and sinking the Hydro‚ because if they were not able to complete this task then the Germans could have completed their research in the atomic bomb and could have used it on the Allied Forces
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In 1945‚ when the atomic bomb was dropped in Japan I felt that it was not justified. Even though it saved thousands of American lives it was at the cost of others lives. The United States could have gave the Japanese a warning before dropping not one‚ but two bombs on them. However‚ the Japanese did not surrender until after the second bomb I think a warning would have made the bombing “justified.” To begin with‚ even though the United States and Japan were at war and were protected their own citizens
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The world changed in 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan‚ many people have debated whether or not this was necessary. The United States atomic bombing of Japan was justified. The Japanese would not have given up if the United States had not dropped the two atomic bombs. The Japanese code to encrypt messages was called the Purple Code‚ by this time in the war the United States had long broken the Purple Code and in their “Secret” messages. They said that they were not going to surrender
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Dropping the atomic bomb will solve nearly every problem we have. It would force the Japanese to surrender‚ shorten the war‚ save lives and money‚ and avoid us from asking the Soviet Union to get involved. The atomic bomb is already built‚ and not using it would waste all the money and time put into developing it. Releasing the bomb on Japan really would be in the best interest of the United States. The first benefit of detonating the bomb would be forcing the Japanese to surrender. The Japanese
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