justifies the means” was expressed in Truman’s decision to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Truman wanted to drop the bombs on military bases because the Japanese attacked America. He saw this as a more timely end to this war and retaliation back at the Japanese. “The end justifies the means” in this case is relevant to today by Truman’s decision (or means) to drop the bomb was ended with 90‚000 residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dying instantly. The deaths (end) was justified by his decision
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bombs were made during this‚ Little Boy and Fat Man. Little Boy was similar to a gun‚ with a uranium core. Why Little boy is referred to as “gun like” is because‚ uranium is shot into uranium to create a chain reaction. Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. Fat Man had a plutonium core and was more of a
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When the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan by the United States in 1945 it killed 90‚000–146‚000 people in Hiroshima and 39‚000–80‚000 in Nagasaki. The hydrogen bomb is approximately 1‚000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb. If a hydrogen bomb was ever used to destroy people we would be in trouble. A hydrogen bomb could wipe out a whole United States coast;
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is to blame for the cold war by the following topics: dropping the bomb in Hiroshima‚ stopping the communism and the Truman doctrine. I believe that the responsible for causing this destructive and big war was USA. “Those closest to the explosion died instantly‚ their bodies turned to black char.” (U.S. Department of Energy) On August 6 of 1945 USA dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This bomb killed around 166000 people and was called “Little Boy”. This atomic
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neither Chiang or Mao wanted to weaken their forced by fighting pitched battles with the Japanese. Despite continuing to occupy much of China’s territory‚ Japan eventually surrender on september 2‚ 1945 to Allied forces following the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Manchuria.
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What would happen if America did not release the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Would thousands more of our men’s lives would be lost to fighting this never ending war? President Truman made a decision and two atomic bombs were instructed to be released in Japan to have a more abrupt result in ending World War II. The atomic bombs were sponsored from a foundation named the "Manhattan Project." When the bombs were made‚ they were prepared to release it on Japan. In August 6‚ 1945‚ the B-29
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bomb. Unfortunately‚ Truman ignored the letters which brought the drop of the A-bomb in Hiroshima killing over 100‚000 civilians and thousands die later because of the radiations on August 6‚ 1945. After hearing the news‚ Albert started crying in agony which shows he had the biggest regret on finding the potential of the nuclear weapons. Here what Albert said right before the drop of the atom bomb on Hiroshima‚ “we have learned‚ and paid an awful price to learn‚ that living and working together can
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Historical Speech Analysis - Ethos/Logos/Pathos On August 5th‚ 1945‚ Harry S. Truman released the first ever atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It was this choice that helped end the Second World War. Truman uses ethos‚ pathos and logos in his address to help him explain what he did‚ and why he did it. Pathos is emotion. The Second World War was an extremely emotional time in the United States and in the rest of the world. Focussing mainly on the United States‚ they were attacked
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against Japan in August 1945? In this essay I will discuss the reasons for and against whether America was right to drop the two atomic bombs. These two bombs were unloaded on Hiroshima‚ 6th August 1945‚ and attempted to hit Nagasaki‚ 9th August 1945. America gave the two bombs code names‚ the one that was dropped on Hiroshima was called ‘Little Boy’. This bomb was made of uranium. The final death toll added up to 135‚000. The nuclear bomb that fell on Nagasaki was called ‘Fat Man’. This bomb was made
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Naturally‚ they chose to bomb us before we had the chance. They were taking extra measures to ensure that no one ruined their plans for domination. Who knows how far they might have gotten‚ hadn’t they done that and brought us into it. Bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan had just gotten the Potsdam Declaration. It was a threat that if the Japanese didn’t surrender‚ they would face “prompt and utter destruction”. They refused‚ too stubborn and too far
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