to only drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan. Hiroshima‚ a manufacturing center of some 350‚000 people located about 500 miles from Tokyo‚ was selected as the first target. After arriving at the U.S. base on the Pacific island of Tinian‚ the more than 9‚000-pound uranium-235 bomb was loaded aboard a modified B-29 bomber christened Enola Gay. The plane dropped the bomb–known as “Little Boy”–by parachute at 8:15 in the morning‚ and it exploded 2‚000 feet above Hiroshima in a blast equal to 12-15‚000 tons of
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Understanding the Decision to Drop the Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://csis.org/blog/understandingdecisiondropbombhiroshimaandnagasaki Why is the source reliable and useful? This source is provided by CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies. It is a prominent American think tank based in Washington‚ D.C.‚ in the United States. The center conducts policy studies and strategic analyses of political‚ economic and security issues throughout the world. So the arti
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TTH 10-11:20 11/28/12 Zinn‚ Howard. The Bomb. Pollen: City Light Books‚ 2010. Call No. 940.54’2521954 The Bomb gives a unique insight on the bombing of Hiroshima and Royan from the perspective of an air force bombardier World War II veteran Howard Zinn. This two-part book includes Zinn’s essay over the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Zinn’s experiences of the bombing over the town of Royan. Although this book may be a quick read‚ it is an influential and inspiring book. With the introduction
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perspective. The two poems I’m looking at are "No More Hiroshimas" by James Kirkup and "Dulce Et Decorum Est." by Wilfred Owen. James Kirkup was born on April 23‚ 1918 in South Shields on the River Tyne. He wrote his first book of poems‚ The Drowned Sailor‚ in 1947. James’s most well known poem is "A Correct Compassion". He was an objector during WW2 and his poems allotment and got renowned through time. No More Hiroshimas‚ one of his poems‚ is basically about important events that occurred
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surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction.” On August 6‚ 1945 Colonel Paul Tibbet piloted the “Enola Gay” along with co-pilot Robert Lewis‚ over the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan and dropped a weapon of mass destruction. We know this ingenious evil as “Little Boy”.
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The Atomic Bomb: Effects on Hiroshima and Mankind The nuclear bomb was the most devastating weapon ever created by man. It was developed between 1942 and 1945 during the second World War. The project to build the worlds first atomic weapon was called The Manhattan Project. The nuclear bomb was based on the idea of splitting an atom to create energy‚ this is called fission. Three bombs were created‚ "Trinity"‚ "Little Boy"‚ and "Fat Man". "Trinity" was dropped on a test site in New Mexico on July
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importance that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had on motivating Japan to surrender. The author advances the trajectory of the traditionalist arguments by affirming to historians the internal turmoil that Japan faced to surrender. Rhodes states that the turmoil between the government‚ military‚ and civilians led to Japan prolonging the war. Rhodes agrees with Butow by saying that the Japanese citizens felt that the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima placed Japan in a position of surrender
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United States Air Force B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb known under the code name “Little Boy” on the Japanese city Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. This act was known as the act that ended World War II and saved the lives of many American soldiers that otherwise were to invade Japan. Paul Tibbets‚ the pilot of the Enola Gay sated that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was a “peace keeper…the harbinger of a cold war kept form getting hot.”2 While others believe that it was the beginning of a new
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World War II in 1945‚ the United States conducted two atomic bombings against Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After six months of intense strategic fire-bombing of 67 Japanese cities the Japanese government ignored an ultimatum given by the Potsdam Declaration. By executive order of President Harry S. Truman the U.S. dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on Monday‚ August 6‚ 1945‚[1][2] followed by the detonation of "Fat Man" over Nagasaki on August 9.
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horrific war in the history of human existence. With over 50 million dead in just 6 short years‚ every single chapter of the war has been eternally marked in world history. Two particular incidents that will last over the years would be the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Now being considered in hindsight‚ the nuclear attacks have become very controversial topics. In my personal opinion‚ I believe that the bombings were absolutely atrocious‚ but I also think that the bombings were needed for
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