On August 6‚ 1945‚ a plane called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb‚ Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima. Hiroshima was a very industrial city; it had a military base and had not yet been bombed. The U.S. military thought Hiroshima would be a good target to display the destructive power of their new super bomb. Harry S. Truman‚ the president of The United States from 1945 to 1953‚ decided to drop the atomic bomb due to several reasons. First‚ he wanted to end the war as soon as possible‚ second
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whether or not the U.S. should have dropped the atomic bomb or not. Many people argue that America had already won the war and that the bombs were uncalled for‚ but is this true (Doc K)? The U.S. made the right decision in dropping the atomic bomb because it led America to a victory‚ it ended the war quickly‚ and it saved more lives then it took. During the final stages of the war Germany had surrendered and the U.S. was on their way to victory; however‚ Japan‚ a major enemy at the time‚ would not settle
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During World War II‚ Former President Harry S. Truman ordered a new form of attack on Japan‚ thinking that an invasion would result in many American casualties; as a result‚ the atomic bomb was later dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This attack on Japan would later become one of the most controversial attacks in history‚ many saying that the atomic weapon was not necessary. The dropping of said bomb has different views depending on the perspective one is looking from; whether it be political
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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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Hiroshima or Nagasaki and having an Atomic Bomb dropped over you unexpectedly killing you and your loved ones. Also imagine all the survivors suffering and dying slowly of radiation poisoning. Thats what the Atomic Bomb was. I don’t think the United States should have bombed Japan but at the sametime I do because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and that brought us into World War 2 and also bomb Japan. At 8:15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 aircraft dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
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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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Was it right to drop two atomic bombs? “If you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast”1‚ said President Harry Truman to justify the use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But isn’t this the exact opposite of what is preached in the bible? “If someone slaps you on one cheek‚ offer the other also” (Luke 6:29)‚ it does not say that we should slap back to even the score. So was dropping the bombs the wrong decision‚ or was it the only way for Truman to end the war without
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The effects of the atomic bomb were terrible. There’s no doubt in my mind that the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a costly mistake. Atomic bombs produce heat millions of degrees high‚ and visible ultraviolet and inferred rays.(Lapp 844) Everyone and everything exposed to their blast is affected. No one is left untouched‚ whether it be emotional or physical; in many cases both. However‚ many members of the science community argue that the atomic bomb was a great advance in technology
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Harry S. Truman 33rd president after the death of Roosevelt the United States Airforce flew the "Enola Gay" a B-29 bomber and with its cargo of Airmen piloting‚ navigating‚ and doing their job‚ with them was "Little Boy" the name for the atomic bomb that was ordered to be dropped over Hiroshima‚ a manufacturing city‚ in a ploy to get the Japanese to surrender‚ the first bomb detonated successfully yet the Japanese Emperor Hirohito did not officially surrender until the second Atomic bomb code named
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ethics of using an atomic bomb from day one of the Manhattan Project. Not only did the atomic bomb result in approximately 200‚000 deaths instantly‚ but the real reasons for the detonation do not always appear to be strictly military. Some historians have found that other reasons behind the use of the bomb sprout from racism‚ and it has been predicted that politicians did not necessarily care about those outside of the Caucasian race. Furthermore‚ the dropping of the atomic bomb can seem unnecessary
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