Was the atomic bomb necessary to secure a surrender from Japan? The academic historians vary in their answers to this questions‚ which in turn sparked the idea for the Enola Gay exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. In 1995‚ the curators and staff attempted to raise the academic standards of the museum by incorporating controversy into the museum experience. It juxtaposed the creation and restoration process of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress air-carrier that transported the atomic bomb
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Pearl Harbor On a sad day pearl harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Pearl harbor was located in Hawaii‚ december 7 1941(Arizona). The Japanese sent 33 ships and 350 planes and aircrafts. He sent the planes and aircraft north of oahu early in the morning(Pearl Harbor). The mission was to sink 8 battleships that were among 180 vessels anchored in pearl harbor. There was a ship named the Arizona and it was one of the 8 battleships. It was shot down by a 800 kilogram bomb(Arizona). This completely
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A few years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Truman and the US military responded 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
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When asked what the singular most important event in United States‚ a lot of different suggestions come to mind‚ raging from the invention of the iPhone to the Civil War. I believe that the most important event was the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The dropping of the bombs saved over a million American lives‚ introduced America as a world power‚ and‚ if not most importantly‚ was the first steps into the Cold War. If the bombs had not been dropped‚ many American lives would have
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After World War II many more wars were started and negatively impacted many countries for a multitude of years. The Cold War began after World War II and although no actual fighting occurred the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted for over 40 years. In the beginning the Cold War was focused on all of Germany. After World War II Germany was divided into 4 zones‚ each region was controlled by a different Allied power. This was done to rid Germany of Nazis and to bring
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All Were there any injury phases on the people who survived the Atomic Bomb horrific? The injury phases on the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who survived The Atomic Bomb were horrific because most people were instantly vaporized or had the high risk of Cancers‚Blood Disorders‚ and Tumors. There were also risks of being badly burnt and having skin injuries that caused life long disorders to the body. The Atomic Bomb was so powerful that it caused more than 7 decades of death and agony to the people
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United State bombing of the Marshall Islands Branden Pascual Pd.1 5-15-13 The bombing of Marshall Islands‚ which Marshallese people will never forget. An awful act on the United States for testing nuclear weapons. People on the Marshall Islands were terrorized because of this. They suffered dramatic loses between families. And remorse that will never be forgiven. Having this coming from the United States was fair because of the war they were going into. It would be beneficial
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During the Hurricane Katrina in 2005‚ it is believed that leaders decided to blow up the levees to save the cities and places that brought in the most money and instead try to direct the water towards the wetlands and marshlands. There are different ideas regarding this topic. It is said that leaders promised restitution to the people who would lose their homes. Many people heard explosions and reported it. Officials said they were transformers blowing up. There is more evidence that the levees were
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Ryan Parmelee History 1302 Dr. Cox Atomic bomb In 1945 Harry S. Truman decided to use the atomic bomb not only once‚ but twice to finish World War Two. The first bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima August‚ 6th killed upwards to around 80‚000 people and the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki August‚ 14th killed 40‚000 people. The controversy of the atomic bomb is because of the amount of innocent people that were killed in Japan. Nobody will ever know the outcome of the war if we never dropped the
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