Provoked by the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941‚ The United States retaliated while putting an end to the war in 1945. During this year in early August‚ the US dropped two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ two major and important Japanese cities. Ever since those events during World War II‚ the Unites States has been praised and criticized for the act. While the act itself was inhumane‚ the US was justified for dropping at least one of the deadly atomic bombs. One way that the
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In 1945‚ when the atomic bomb was dropped in Japan I felt that it was not justified. Even though it saved thousands of American lives it was at the cost of others lives. The United States could have gave the Japanese a warning before dropping not one‚ but two bombs on them. However‚ the Japanese did not surrender until after the second bomb I think a warning would have made the bombing “justified.” To begin with‚ even though the United States and Japan were at war and were protected their own citizens
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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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Dropping the atomic bomb will solve nearly every problem we have. It would force the Japanese to surrender‚ shorten the war‚ save lives and money‚ and avoid us from asking the Soviet Union to get involved. The atomic bomb is already built‚ and not using it would waste all the money and time put into developing it. Releasing the bomb on Japan really would be in the best interest of the United States. The first benefit of detonating the bomb would be forcing the Japanese to surrender. The Japanese
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During World War II‚ many Americans had to change their lives to support the war effort. Americans wanted to support and stay loyal to their country‚ so they would do anything for it. The war changed the lives for Americans in many different ways. Americans had to get new jobs that involved the war‚ they got new opportunities‚ and they helped raise money for the war. First of all‚ almost all Americans had to change or get a second job during World War II (Document 5). When World War II started‚ Americans
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I am completely opposed to the bombings on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is understood that the bombs signify the end of war. However people tend to overlook the fact that these bombs were an act of terrorism and left innocents like ourselves in the blunt of it. Imagine if it was us. Would we be so happy then? It is obvious that the atomic bombs were completely unnecessary because they were simply for revenge on Pearl Harbor‚ they were a crime against humanity and nature
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I leave this letter today to you in hope that you will find it when you have become big enough to learn about your world. Today I have an important revelation to make‚ the world you grow up in might not be the same as what I had. You know me as your granddad but to the world‚ I am a scientist who gave the world the most destructive weapon ever to exist. What will change your world is science. Science is something objective‚ it comes with a goal. But its application is numerous and sometimes unethical
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America was in the crisis of deciding whether to risk more U.S. casualties. They had to decide whether they should send more troops to risk their life or allow to take the course of the A-bomb. They went with the second option‚ but it is hard to know if it was justified or not. In Doc A‚ Truman believes that it was necessary to save as many American lives as possible. This would keep them out of the way of the kamikazees that were flying through and only cause the persistant Japanese to lose lives
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On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the atomic bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan. The second world war ended only a year after with the surrender after the Hiroshima bombing. Black Rain is a novel that illustrates how the citizens of Hiroshima lived during the time of the war. Shigematsu Shizuma‚ the main character of the novel‚ is someone who didn’t think the opposition had to drop the bomb to end the war. He believes the country was already internally falling apart‚ the atomic bomb killed innocent
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In the company photograph of the 130th Chemical Company the three friends are sitting together shoulder to shoulder‚ just as they joined the Army together‚ trained together‚ and then stationed together in London‚ where on July 3‚ 1944‚ died together. Close friends while living in Portland‚ Robert H. Cook‚ Philip J. Conley‚ and Chester R. Peterson‚ joined the Army and left for training together in January‚ 1943. They were assigned to the 130th Chemical Company and sent to Camp Sibert‚ Alabama
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