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We today revel in the idea that we are living in a world of science and science can work wonders for us. It is true that science has revolutionised modern life. What our forefathers‚ half a century ago‚ could not even dream of‚ we have that at our beck and call. Electricity is a wonder and what it is doing would have appeared to be a fairy tale for our forefathers. A button is pressed‚ the room gets flooded with light; the fan moves‚ the A.C. cools or warms the room‚ water is boiled or cooled
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successfully detonated at a test bomb site in Alamogordo‚ New Mexico. Months later‚ on August 6th‚ 1945‚ the first ever atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On August 9th‚ 1945‚ a second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. In my opinion‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ was not justified. I believe it was not justified because of the effect it had on innocent civilians‚ the immorality of the operation and theories
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Works Cited Questions Worksheet Part A: Create your Works Cited page here. Remember to follow the formatting instructions in the lesson. Hanley‚ Charles J. "Abolishing Nukes: Flicker of Hope to Global Cause." Msnbc.com. The Associated Press‚ 2010. Web. 10 Aug. 2014. "A Brief Look at Pertinent Articles of the Geneva Conventions on the Laws of Warfare." (2006): n.Web. 10 Aug. 2014. "US‚ UN Condemn New Gaza Violence." BBC News. N.p.‚ 2014. Web. 10 Aug. 2014. Part B: Identify specific
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nuclear bombs ever in history. The decision was made because the Japanese refused to surrender with defeat looking them in the eyes. In order to end the war quickly and save many American soldiers’ lives the bombs were dropped on two Japanese cities‚ Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ causing devastating damage to each. After seeing the results of his creation‚ Einstein made it his mission to deliver a speech to the General Assembly and Security Council of the United Nations in hope for a peaceful future for all
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Was it Justified or Necessary for the Americans to Drop the Bombs? Introduction On August 6th‚ 1945‚ an American B-29 bomber named “Enola Gay” dropped the world’s first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The nuclear explosion killed nearly 90 percent of the cities population‚ killing 75‚000 people from the point of impact and thousands more dying from Radiation Poisoning later on. Three days later‚ on August 9th‚ a second B-29 bomber named “Bockscar” dropped a second Atomic bomb on the Japanese
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military interviews‚ diaries and other private as well as public materials‚ literally every top U.S. military leader involved subsequently stated that the use of the bomb was not dictated by military necessity.” “The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender….” – Admiral William D. Leahy‚ Presidents Chief of Staff “In being the first to use it‚ we…adopted an ethical standard
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The Atomic Bomb: Beneficial or Disastrous? Was dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II the most affective action that the United States could have taken? In the American eyes it was a good punishment on Japan in response to the Pearl Harbor attacks on December 7‚ 1941. The way the Japanese leaders launched the fighter planes that came in a destroyed many U.S. naval ships and took thousands lives‚ including soldiers and innocent bystanders‚ was a completely immoral
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President Truman’s primary goal was to quickly bring an end to the war and reduce American casualties in doing so‚ thus the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary‚ yet repercussions still continue to be debated among many scholars today. Due to the importance of the Manhattan Project remaining a secret‚ President Truman was not informed of the project until after he became president. The atomic bomb was not an infallible plan to force Japan to surrender unconditionally‚ so the American military
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Harry Truman had to make one of the hardest decisions any President ever had to make. He had to decide whether or not to spare countless American lives at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Japanese and drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was his responsibility as the President to protect the US‚ but the death toll in Japan was so horrific that it really makes you wonder if it was worth the killing of all the innocent people‚ many of whom were women and children.
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