Did the USA need to drop bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945? On the 6th of August 1945‚ the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚1ushering in the nuclear age. The bomb caused the deaths of over 100‚000 people‚2with the bulk of the destruction pertaining to innocent civilians. Three days later‚ the Americans repeated their action at Nagasaki. The aim of the US was not‚ however‚ to cause complete annihilation of the Japanese‚ but to seize the fierce nationalism within
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short of open warfare‚ in particular. The nuclear arms race: a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States‚ the Soviet Union‚ and their respective allies during the Cold War. 2. Hiroshima: On August 6‚ 1945 an atomic bomb named Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The explosion was huge‚ the city was destroyed‚ and tens of thousands of people were killed. The bomb was dropped by a plane named the Enola Gay which was piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbetts. The bomb itself
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On August 6‚ 1945 the Enola Gay dropped its bomb on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ forever changing warfare. The intent of the bomb was to stop the current war‚ World War Ⅱ‚ from escalating further. However‚ this resulted in another war after the bombs were dropped. This war was called the Cold War‚ and the war was fought between the USSR and the United States. Both countries decided to build their nuclear armament and war was imminent. This ties back to The Codebreaker because the Puppet Master
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“Little boy” and “Fat man”. These were the names of the two devastating atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One‚ a gun-assembly fission bomb where “a mass of Uranium-235 is fired down a gun barrel toward another mass of Uranium-235”. The other‚ an Implosion fission bomb where “a sphere of Plutonium-239 is surrounded by high explosives that compress the plutonium”. Both bombs had a TNT equivalent of over 15‚000 tons‚ and the sheer force of both explosions was equal to the load of nearly
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president‚ Harry Truman had to make one of the most crucial decisions of his life. On August 6‚ 1945 during World War II‚ he decided to drop the atomic bomb on two cities in Japan. The first bomb that dropped on Hiroshima was nicknamed “Little Boy”. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the Hiroshima and immediately killed an estimation of 80‚000 people; thousands more people would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later‚ a second bomb dropped another on the city of Nagasaki‚ it is estimated to
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The story of the atomic bomb Have you ever wondered about how the disasters at Hiroshima and Nagasaki came about? Well I have too‚ and here is what I got for answers.The atomic bomb was built out of necessity in order to protect our country because we found out that the Germans had already discovered nuclear fission‚ it was possibly the most devastating project in the U.S‚ and it also opened up important new studies of radiation. The first atomic bomb was built out of necessity because Albert
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Anubhav Kaur 3.26.2012 Period 6 Mr. Blaine AP History Qualifying Essay If the topic of World War 2 were to come up‚ I am sure you would jump straight to thinking about the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Because President Truman made the decision to do that‚ many people began to despise him. But there is a lot that people do not know about what led to him making that horrific decision. In my opinion‚ President Truman’s decision to drop
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The Manhattan Project Not even a decade ago‚ our society spent years of studies in order to develop advancements in new technologies or inventions and it punctuated intervals of time in which to absorb and adapt to the change. However‚ in modern society‚ the pace of developing “the next big thing” significantly increased. Unlike the past‚ our modern world required shorter intervals to adapt due to our historical developments. However‚ there is one subject that required adaptation among our ‘big
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Gay- which is now kept in a museum in Washington- left a US base in the south of Pacific Ocean and detonated an atomic bomb named “Little Boy” over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The direct and the indirect death toll caused by this bombardment are estimated to exceed 140‚000. This however was not the end as three days after Hiroshima bombing‚ another atomic bomb‚ called the “Fat Man” killed 73‚000 and injured 74‚000 people in Nagasaki‚ Japan‚ not including those who later were found to be the victims
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Truman and the Atomic Bomb On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the atomic bomb‚ named “Little Boy”‚ was dropped over Hiroshima‚ Japan. There were reasons for this act against Japan‚ one of which having to do with Russia. These included strategic‚ moral‚ and political reasons that would benefit the US in the war and ultimately help them win. The US also wanted this to end World War 2. As we look back on this historical event‚ many would argue if dropping the atomic bomb was the right choice. Strategically and politically
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