example is the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The U.S dropped two bombs on Japan‚ killing about 200‚000 people. This time‚ even innocent kids died at school‚ but the U.S didn’t care. Another reason is the Iwo Jima attack. Americans invaded and bombed the japanese island of Iwo Jima. Only 200 japanese survived. In addition‚ the U.S attacked again Japanese territory: The Okinawa island. This time‚ about 110‚000 people died. Lastly‚ when Japan was already defeated‚ The United States took control
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seconds. It would take a machine code breaker up to 30 minutes to perform this same task. The tribe took much pride in this act through World War 2. Had it not been for the efforts of the Navajo‚ the Marines would not have been able to take over Iwo Jima. The idea to use the Navajo language as a code came from a man named Phillip Johnston. In WWI the Choctaw language was used to send messages. This brought up the idea because the Navajo language is an unwritten language. Only about 30 non-Navajo
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Some people also believe that dropping the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not just to stop the war between Japan and the U.S but‚ that it was also intimidate Russia. During World War two Russia had not put much thought or really focused on the building of any nuclear weapons up until around 1939. Even then the Russian scientists had not put much effort into it like the Americans had with the Manhattan Project. After the Germans invaded Russia their nuclear program became almost non-existent because
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WWII: The Decision to Drop the Atom Bomb ******* ****** North Carolina State University Author Note This paper was prepared on XX/XX/XXXX for HI 350 taught by Professor Caddell. WWII: The Decision to Drop the Atom Bomb On the morning of July 16th‚ 1945 the first successful detonation of an atomic bomb was recorded at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The explosion from the blast yielded more power than twenty thousand tons of TNT and could be seen at
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Why did the U.S. use the atomic bomb? The years leading up to World War II and the dropping of the atomic bombs were hectic and disordered‚ from the rise of Hitler in 1933‚ U.S. isolationism in 1934‚ to the death of U.S. President Roosevelt. The war showed no signs of ending and the security and freedom of nations around the world were in danger. Order was nowhere to be found‚ and the decision to even consider using the atomic bomb was unpreventable. The U.S. used the atomic bomb because it was
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The Supreme Court’s decision on the case of Texas v. Johnson has been a controversial one‚ as it involves the burning of our national symbol‚ the American flag. It leads to the question: Does the desecration of the American flag a way of expressing speech that is protected by the first amendment? Shouldn’t the destruction of a true American symbol be protected and preserved‚ as it is a symbol that represents our country? There is a great amount of criticism that Texas v. Johnson has been faced with;
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Obedience to Orders 1 Obedience to Orders PFC Prashasouk BMMSC Obedience to Orders 2 This essay is to stress my belief on the importance of obedience to all orders. The importance of following all orders is the way all branches of the military operate on a day to day basis. Obeying all orders is the reason a military can operate in an organized and effective manner. If members of the military did not obey orders faithfully
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Proud to be an American I am proud to be an American. I am proud because we have always fought for freedom and peace. There are many people who have fought for the freedom of our country. There are also many people who have died for it. In the following paragraphs‚ I will tell you about three of the five branches of the United States Armed Forces that fight for our freedom‚ facts about them‚ and the important battles that they have fought. The first branch I will tell you about is the United States
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meaningful challenge about how you can conquer life. They did not want to be known as heroes for there actions. They said the real heroes are the ones who died for their country. They found out that the key to life comes with successes. The Battle of Iwo Jima lasted 36 days. On the first day there were 566 men killed and 1‚755 wounded. During the last week on the beach the men were searching the cave the Japanese had dug‚ and found 150 Japanese men freshly dead. They were suicidal men. The Japanese
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Most Significant Battle World War Two consisted of many battles that each impacted the war is a significant way. These battles included the one at Pearl Harbor‚ Midway‚ Guadalcanal‚ Iwo Jima‚ France‚ Britain‚ Bulge‚ Stalingrad‚ Normandy Invasion‚ and Leyte Gulf. The Battle of Berlin‚ however‚ was the battle that ended the war and brought peace to the world. Not only did it significantly affect life during World War Two but has since been significant in today’s world. The battle was fought in Berlin
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