On August 6‚ 1945‚ citizens of Hiroshima were greeted with a brilliant flash of light‚ instantly vaporizing seventy-thousand Japanese citizens. This was the atomic bomb Little Boy. Only three days later‚ the atomic bomb Fat Man fell on Nagasaki‚ resulting in eighty-thousand deaths. In addition‚ hundreds of thousands would later perish at the hands of radiations sickness‚ which was not yet understood at the time. It was then and still is a point of contention between scholars‚ but‚ ultimately
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ over 70‚000 people died all at once in the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan. Then‚ just three days later on August 9‚ over 60‚000 people died in the city of Nagasaki (Swain‚ 2006). Many more people died weeks‚ months‚ and even years later‚ and at the end of all of the destruction‚ almost 200‚000 people were left dead (Rossenfeld‚ n.d.). The causes of all of this were two atomic bombs dropped by the United States. At first glance‚ it may seem that dropping these two bombs was a terrible
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the effect of atomic blast from the first flash in the early morning as he rested from his night as an air warden at hospital. During the explosion‚ people too close to hypocenter died immediately and all other suffered physically and emotionally. Hiroshima diary mainly recorded from the colleague: relating the story of four middle school students who huddled together in the street‚ and were so badly burnt from the blast. They were found to be dead in the same street. After the destructive explosion
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was appropriate to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While dropping the atomic bomb was cruel and immoral‚ it was essential to ending the war in the Japanese Theatre of World War II‚ it established America as an even greater power‚ and it saved American lives. Dropping the atomic bomb was a very daunting decision for
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On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the atomic bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan. The second world war ended only a year after with the surrender after the Hiroshima bombing. Black Rain is a novel that illustrates how the citizens of Hiroshima lived during the time of the war. Shigematsu Shizuma‚ the main character of the novel‚ is someone who didn’t think the opposition had to drop the bomb to end the war. He believes the country was already internally falling apart‚ the atomic bomb killed innocent
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WAS THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI JUSTIFIED? A bomb which was equal to 13‚000 tonnes of highly-explosive bombs‚ used to make the Japanese surrender‚ but also killing many lives‚ cannot be justified. When the highly-explosive bombs were dropped in Dresden‚ everyone had thought of this as very affective. But imagine how bad the atomic bomb would be‚ which could destroy a city only just by its radiation‚ let alone the actual explosion. President Truman of America made a decision of
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affiliated with the University of Hawaii School of Public Health‚ Biomedical Sciences Building‚ 1960 East-West Road‚ Honolulu‚ Hawaii 96822; H. Kato who is affiliated with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and Japanese National Institute of Health‚ Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ Japan; G. G. Rhoads and A. Kagan‚ who is affiliated with the Honolulu Heart Study‚ National Heart and Lung Institute‚ and National Institutes of Health; and S. L. Syme‚ who is affiliated with the Department of Epidemiology‚ University
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for Hiroshima and Nagasaki it came in the form of an atomic bomb. In George Orwell’s 1984 it came as the bombing were the Proles live as well as Winston going against the Party. The events in Japan as well as in 1984 can teach that certain actions taken can lead to destruction. The constant fighting between Japan and the United States as well as the wars in 1984 caused irreparable damage. On the fated day of August 6‚ 1945 at 8:15 a.m. the very first atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima‚ Japan
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During the August of 1945‚ America dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima. The ethical debate on this topic may never be resolved‚ but one cannot possibly deny the negative effects. The Atomic bomb caused mass destruction‚ and it was a highly risky move to begin with. The Kamikaze raids were destructive‚ but not on the same scale as the as the atomic bomb. We have ended World War 2 ‚ but at what expense? Constantly fearing for the safety of our own country‚ as well as others? If a situation develops
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War is a constant debate of right and wrong. Throughout the ages war had been everlasting battles fought and battles lost. Lives are sacrificed for the cause of men. One of the most well known wars of all time World War II was a constant struggle for world power. On one side of the world the Germans fighting in the east and the Japanese in the west. The end of the war was brought on by new technology and the decision to change the world. People ask if it was necessary to drop the bombs on Japan.
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