Dropping the Atomic Bomb: Was it really necessary? In 1945‚ the United States with help from Canada‚ released a new force into unsuspecting Japan which shocked the world. It was the weapon the Manhattan project spent months working on while spending approximately $20 billion. It used up to 12% of America’s electricity during the war even though many people did not know what they were working on. It was a weapon so powerful that many heads of this project feared it would go terribly wrong. It would
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It wasn’t necessary to drop the bombs on Japan. It wasn’t justified for many reasons. One reason being that Japan was already on the brink of surrendering. They killed innocent people just for the sake to end a war when there could’ve been other diplomatic ways to end it. It was all immoral. US also wanted to show off the power that they had. They knew just how powerful and how much damage it was going to cause‚ but they took the chance. Before the bomb decision was made‚ an “Allied demand for an
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war’s pressure caused this abominable leader to make the gratuitous decision to drop a ghastly atomic bomb on the innocent people of Hiroshima. President Truman’s imprudent decision to squander the atomic bomb against the Japanese city of Hiroshima was pure butchery‚ was the result of his vulgar racism towards other nations‚ and was immorally unnecessary. Some critics may argue that the use of the atomic bomb was completely the last option the United States had because “the Japanese military was refusing
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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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The Big Boom In 9th grade History‚ the class has recently finished the chapter on WWII. The class was exposed to what happened leading to the dropping of the bomb. Some believe that the droppings were justified‚ because if the bombs weren’t dropped‚ there would have been more battles and even more deaths than the bombs combined. Another reason some would agree is to show the world what this weapon really does. Others may think that the bomb was one of the worst event that has ever happened to our
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well as the Indian soldiers who were offended by The use of animal fat in the New Enfield Rifle. Facts and books are mostly used to evaluate the causes and effects of the Sepoy Mutiny. Two of the sources used in this essay‚ The history of India by John McLeod and India A history by John Keay are than evaluated for their origins‚ purposes‚ values and limitations The investigation does not assess the revolts that took place nor the militaristic aspect of the revolt B. Summary of Evidence
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Background Research Yeast are eukaryotic microorganisms just like other organisms‚ they must respire in order to survive. Respiration can be defined as the controlled release of energy from organic compounds to form adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The type of respiration that occurs is called aerobic respiration. It occurs when glucose and oxygen are present. It can be summarized by the equation: . Enzymes play a very significant part in respiration. During the different stages of respiration‚ enzymes
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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 and horrific thing to do. However‚ the use of atomic weaponry was actually a necessity in how well our conflict with Japan played out. Without the bombs‚ we would have fought longer‚ and more lives would have been lost. Dropping the atomic bombs on
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the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚ and then on August the 9th‚President Truman announced “sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy” and then on August the 9th three days later another American bomber plane dropped the second bomb on the industrial section of the city of Nagasaki‚ these two bombed completely destroyed most of the cities. There were lots of consequences of the bomb being dropped
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Original Article EDITORIAL Airlines‚ Emissions and Europe’s Sensible Plan Published: February 26‚ 2012 The carbon dioxide from airplanes accounts for about 3 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions‚ a share projected to go up as air traffic rises. The European Union is now requiring airlines that fly into or out of Europe to pay a fee for these emissions. This is a smart response to an urgent problem. The United States and the other nations opposing the program should either come
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