Michael Kuritnik 3/6/13 G-Block Blinding Revenge Fundamental themes are preserved throughout history because they relate to everyday aspects of life. Surprisingly‚ very little has changed since Shakespearean times. Although technology has changed the way in which humans communicate‚ people still react to emotional stimuli similarly to those of the middle ages. Anger has always triggered annoyance‚ uproar and violence. Like several characters in Hamlet‚ today’s society experiences a thirst
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Was it necessary to drop the atomic bombs? The only military use of atomic weapons has been on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and almost certainly brought a prompt conclusion to WW2. However‚ the question of whether it was necessary is still hotly debated 70 years after the event. The answer is no it wasn’t necessary‚ although it is not as simple as you may think because if I had just been a soldier fighting in New Guinea or if I was a POW starving on the Thai-Burma railway [1] then
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years of fighting the war. Japan had two million soldiers waiting for an invasion to happen. There is no way the war would have ended without the bombings. The atomic bombs completely destroyed most of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When the bombs hit‚ heat force and nuclear blast tore up everything. Thousands of people who did not die the day of the bombings later died within weeks because of the after effects. The damage was so big that survivors thought it was the end of the world. The atomic explosion
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history. While helping to end the war with Japan‚ the bombs taught a lesson to the rest of the world as to just how destructive this weapon really is. Also‚ the USSR was about to demand joint occupation of Japan‚ but the war was over soon after the bombings. So the bombs not only ended the war with Japan‚ but a problem with the
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For instance‚ although the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused many casualties‚ it offered the best choice for a quick and easy defeat of Japan. In his official announcement of the bombing‚ US president Harry S. Truman stated: “It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July 26 was issued at Potsdam.” It appears he
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because no-one would want to risk that many people’s lives from their own country unless they were extremely callous. Source 11 opposes the bombing. I was from an interview with the secretary to the Japanese war minister; it may be bias because he may feel pressured into commending his boss’s opinion‚ it is also possible that he may have lost someone in the bombing and would therefore be against it. ‘Our food supply would run out‚ then our weapons.’ He goes on to say that the Americans could have won
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America’s education is manipulated in a way so that the government itself will protect itself from the truth. The truth is‚ is that students learn American history as that America comes off as the comrade‚ the one who desires to help the ones suffering. Students learn that America is never the one to initiate the problem. It is always a country who inaugurates another country. As children learn they grow to know that America is always there to save the situation by joining and aiding the weaker party
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ended over 50 years ago there is still much discussion as to the events which ended the War in the Pacific. The primary event which historians attribute to this end are the use of atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although the bombing of these cities did force the Japanese to surrender‚ many people today ask "Was the use of the atomic bomb necessary to end the war?" and more importantly "Why was the decision to use the bomb made?" Ronald Takaki examines these questions in his
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1945 ‚ This was the date where war in Europe finally ceased as Nazi Germany signed their instrument of surrender‚ however the Pacific War continued to rage on‚ with the Japanese’s refusal to surrender. After Six months of the relentlessly‚ intense bombing of 67 other cities of Japan‚ it was still unable to disclose the end of the War. Then August 6‚ 1945 - August 9‚ 1945‚ Under order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman‚ atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima‚ and Nagasaki‚ marking the only time nuclear
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Manhattan Project team. Thus the United States developing its nuclear weaponry‚ the fears of the Soviet Union amplified and many other powers joined the nuclear arms race. President Truman at the time‚ approved the August 6‚ 1945 bombing of Hiroshima. Since the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima took place‚ more Asian nations have gone on to gain nuclear weapons. There are six countries in Asia that have nuclear weapons‚ this is including Russia. The city was absolutely demolished by the “Little
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