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    Time square in Midtown Manhattan in New York City is a major‚ a big‚ a main commercial intersection‚ crossway and junction. Time square is known‚ identified and recognized as ‘The Crossroads of the World’. It is one of the world’s busiest and active and pushy pedestrian intersections‚ and a major center‚ a marketplace‚ a trading center of the world’s entertainment industry and trade and manufactory. Also it is the world’s most visited tourist attraction and fascination and seduction of over more

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    The atomic bomb killed many innocent people‚ but it was necessary to end World War II. <br> <br>After World War II began in 1939‚ President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced the neutrality of the United States. Many people in the United States thought that their country should stay out of the war. The people wanted the Allied Forces to have the victory. President Roosevelt also wanted an Allied victory because an Axis victory might endanger democracies everywhere. The United States equipped nations

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    President Harry Truman‚ remains the only nuclear attack in history. In the months following the attack‚ roughly 100‚000 more people died slow‚ horrendous deaths as a result of radiation poisoning. Since 1942‚ more than 100‚000 scientists of the Manhattan Project had been working on the bomb’s development. At the time‚ it was the largest collective scientific effort ever undertaken. It involved 37 installations across the US‚ 13 university laboratories and a host of prestigious participants such as

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    Western Allies. This was not the end‚ however‚ as both the condition and attitude of Japan showed they were still ready to fight. Military action needed to be taken against them. Luckily‚ the United States had been working on a secret plan called “The Manhattan Project‚” in which they were constructing a military weapon unlike anything the world had ever seen. When it was used twice against the Japanese and lead to their unconditional surrender‚ the weapon caused so much destruction that many questioned

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    “When you see something that is technically sweet‚ you go ahead and to do it‚ and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the bomb‚” said Robert Oppenheimer‚ the leader of the Manhattan Project (Polenburg 2002‚ 41). The atomic bomb has been exhaustively debated‚ as is Robert Oppenheimer’s life‚ but that’s what makes it so researchable and interesting; there is information on both sides of the argument - on Oppenheimer’s morals and

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    count of both of the bombs dropped on Japan. Originally‚ the Manhattan Project was devoted to seeing if it was possible to even create the reaction needed for such a bomb to exist. The U.S. government had heard from the esteemed Albert Einstein that the Germans had discovered the reaction that powered the deadly atomic bomb. Out of fear‚ and the desire to have the biggest and strongest bomb‚ F.D.R. authorized the creation of the Manhattan Project. It was responsible for discovering the reaction‚ producing

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    President Truman made the correct decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. There were various events that led to his correct decision starting with Albert Einstein’s letter to President Roosevelt. In his letter‚ Einstein warned President Roosevelt that Germany might develop and use atomic bombs. These bombs were capable of mass destruction because of the energy released by the splitting of atomic nuclei. When a single free neutron strikes the nucleus of an atom of radioactive material

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    years later and still at war‚ the President Franklin Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein explaining efforts in Nazi Germany to build an atomic bomb. The United States Government soon after began a very secretive project known as “The Manhattan Project”. They developed a new weapon‚ which was called the nuclear bomb. The United States made two of these weapons‚ “Little Boy” which consisted of uranium-235‚ weighed about 9‚700lbs and‚ two billion dollars of research was the smallest of

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    During World War II the United States government propelled a $2 billion venture. This venture‚ known as the Manhattan Project‚ was a push to deliver a nuclear bomb. This venture was gone up against by gathering nuclear researchers from everywhere throughout the world. President Truman’s choice to drop the atomic bomb on the urban areas of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the immediate reason for the finish of World War II in the Pacific. The United States felt it was important to drop the nuclear bombs

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    In the later stage of WWII‚ many wars in Europe had already ended while Japan was still resisting in Asia. Apart from the resist of Japan‚ Japan even attacked Pearl Harbour surprisingly which displease America. This forced Amercia to implement “Manhattan Project” and produce atomic bombs to fight against Germany and Japan in 1942. After 3 years‚ the projects succeed that two atomic bombs “Little boy” and “Fat man” were thrown to Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively under the order of President Harry

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