On May 7th Germany had surrendered unconditionally but the war with Japan raged on in the pacific. The Americans were war weary. They had seen the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Kamikaze attacks‚ and horrible casualties in Okinawa and Iwo Jima. There had been reports on things like the Bataan death march. Newspaper photos had shown American POWs beheaded by Japanese soldiers. Ending the war and preventing further loss of life is all that mattered at this point. With the surrender of Germany at the beginning
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dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; a bomb that completely obliterated both cities. Many believe that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were turning points of the war in Japan. Many people say that this bomb could have saved many lives as well as save the United States economy. However‚ I believe otherwise. Although at first glance‚ it may seem that the Atomic bomb was essential to ending the war in Japan‚ a deeper look into the topic reveals otherwise. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Anton Ermakov Period 4 US History Essay The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ and then‚ three days later‚ dropped another bomb on Nagasaki. Since both bombs were dropped‚ there has been controversy over this important event. Some people feel strongly that the United States was justified in the decision to drop the bombs‚ whereas many other people believe that it was not necessary to bomb Japan at that point in
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In the summer of 1945‚ President Harry S Truman and the United States made the decision to drop an atomic bomb over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings led to the death and destruction of so many lives‚ leaving the death total between the two cities at an estimated 200‚000‚ and a countless amount of others affected by the nuclear exposure. The attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the single most destructive attack carried out in history. People used the excuse that the bomb ended
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ at 8:16 am‚ American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This fatal bomb wiped out 90% of the city and 80‚000 people immediately‚ however‚ tens of thousands more later died from extreme radiation exposure. When no surrender was filed by the Japanese‚ three days later‚ August 9‚ 1945‚ Major Charles Sweeney flew another B-29 bomber‚ on Nagasaki at 11:02 am‚ killing an estimated 40‚000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced
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The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today I will be talking about the bombings that ended World War II ‚ The plane that dropped it‚ the destruction that followed‚ and issues that were dependent on the weather. The bombings had code names. Hiroshimas code was ‘Little Boy’‚ Nagasakis code name was ‘Fat Man’. The bombings took place on August 6th‚ 1945 they had different locations where they might drop the bombs‚ it all depended on whether the target had clear weather. So hours before
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“Little Boy” on Hiroshima in Japan. The bomb that was dropped made historical history affecting the japanese cities around the bombing location. Within the first two to four months of the bombings‚ the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90‚000–146‚000 people in Hiroshima. The effects of the “Little Boy” caused levels of radiation to shoot sky-high and caused people of the surrounding areas to evacuate because of the high levels of radiation. Following the bomb of Hiroshima‚ exactly 3 days
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The world changed in 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan‚ many people have debated whether or not this was necessary. The United States atomic bombing of Japan was justified. The Japanese would not have given up if the United States had not dropped the two atomic bombs. The Japanese code to encrypt messages was called the Purple Code‚ by this time in the war the United States had long broken the Purple Code and in their “Secret” messages. They said that they were not going to surrender
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with dropping two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hard decisions were made with this war strategy and some important lessons were learned from this. Based on the circumstances‚ the US was justified in military action against Japan‚ however; dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki shouldn’t have happened. Thousands Civilians were killed over two cities of no real importance in gaining ground within the war. Of those included eleven US Navy pilots imprisoned in Hiroshima. Truman himself
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The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Was it justified? The bombing of Hiroshima occurred on August 6‚ 1945 and three days later followed by the bombing of Nagasaki. The bombing killed hundreds of thousands of civilians‚ including woman and children as said by Admiral William E. Leahy (Document 2). While the dropping of the bomb had devastating effects on not only the people and the environment‚ it effectively ended the war. The amount of people that died due to the bombs may not even compare
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