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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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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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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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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World War II & the Atomic Bomb The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the end to the world’s largest armed conflict. Many debates have surfaced over the ethics of such an attack. The bomb itself caused massive amounts of casualties while the unknown effects of radiation caused many more deaths amongst the survivors of the blast. Despite the ghastly effects of such a weapon‚ it offered the best choice for a quick and easy defeat of Japan. President Truman‚ who authorized
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useful weapon in the war. On August 6‚ 1945 the United States became the first in the world to use nuclear weapons against another country. They used two atomic bombs to attempt to end the war‚ first on Hiroshima‚ and three days later on Nagasaki. The bombing of these two cities was not justified because there were other tactical options‚ thousands of innocent civilians were killed‚ and the bomb left the two cities with many deadly long-term effects. Dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was
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difficult decisions of his life. The American soldiers and civilians were exhausted from four years of war‚ but still the Japanese military refused to give up there fight. American forces where occupying Okinawa and Iwo Jima and were intensely fire bombing Japanese cities. Japan had an army of 2 million‚ and they were staying strong. They stationed them selves in the home islands guarding against any invasion. The Allies demanded for immediate surrender‚ although the demand said that refusal would result
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combat. In Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand‚ there are many examples to why the atomic bomb is good and bad. However‚ we will be focusing on just the bad due to the topic of this essay. In this book‚ Louie and the gang were going for the bombing‚ unaware of Japan planning to surrender in the near future. They bombed the area. While everyone supporting America was happy‚ Japan was heavily damaged. However‚ they couldn’t declare war‚ due to how hurt they were. In WW2‚ the bomb wasn’t
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Griffin Dangler Shawn Smith Honors American Literature 27 June 2012 The Use of Atomic Weapons On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the world was forever changed when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The attack was made as an attempt to end World War 2‚ and it succeeded at a devastating price. John Hersey’s Hiroshima depicts six different accounts of victims of the bomb. The journalistic novel tells how each of the people began their day‚ how they survived the explosion‚ the response
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uranium gun-type device code-named "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The second was detonated three days later when the United States dropped a plutonium implosion-type device code-named "Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki‚ Japan. These bombings resulted in the immediate deaths of an estimated 80‚000
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