Dropping of the Atomic Bomb “On August 16‚ 1945‚ Enola Gray‚ a U.S. bomber‚ dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ and three days later‚ a second atomic bomb destroyed the city of Nagasaki” (Hiroshima and Nagasaki). Many people argue whether or not these bombings were ethical and legal. The U.S. killed innocent people in order to “break the morale” of the Japanese population. The U.S. also broke many of the statements in the “Just War” doctrine. Theses bombings caused many people to face harmful
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The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6th 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9th 1945) remains among the most controversial events in modern history. At the time‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs was both strategically and morally justified‚ yet today it is a hotly debated topic‚ thought to be excessive or unnecessary. However‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs‚ while an atrocious act‚ was in fact the lesser of two evils. The alternative was to prolong one of the bloodiest conflicts in global
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ALBERT EINSTEIN and the ATOMIC BOMB The physicist Albert Einstein did not directly participate in the invention of the atomic bomb. But as we shall see‚ he was instrumental in facilitating its development. In 1905‚ as part of his Special Theory of Relativity‚ he made the intriguing point that a large amount of energy could be released from a small amount of matter. This was expressed by the equation E=mc2 (energy = mass times the speed of light squared). The atomic bomb would clearly illustrate
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The atomic bomb is a nuclear bomb that was used in the World War 2 and had a positive impact on both sides of the war. The U.S would save more soldier lives if they used the bomb‚ but if they were to invade Japan they would lose a huge amount of soldiers.The U.S warned Japan to surrender to help the lives of the Japanese people because the atomic bomb would abolish many lives that were in the city of Hiroshima. This shows the positive impact the atomic bomb had for the U.S and Japan. As a result
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If you had a decision between killing two hundred thousand people or millions of people what would be your decision?Not a tough decision right‚but if you were in charge of either losing millions or losing Hundred thousands of people what would you do!Well President Truman was in this position and he did not choose wrong. President truman was justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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By dropping the atomic bomb‚ we were able to put an end to a war that could have continued for many more years. Though there was much controversy over the bomb‚ Truman‚ our president at the time‚ apprised America saying he was quite thankful for it and celebrated the scientific achievements of the minds that created it. America was the first country to create something of this caliber and he wanted us to realize how great it was. The pragmatic decision helped America to establish its military power
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Dropping the Atomic Bomb: Was it really necessary? In 1945‚ the United States with help from Canada‚ released a new force into unsuspecting Japan which shocked the world. It was the weapon the Manhattan project spent months working on while spending approximately $20 billion. It used up to 12% of America’s electricity during the war even though many people did not know what they were working on. It was a weapon so powerful that many heads of this project feared it would go terribly wrong. It would
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around their portion of East Berlin and eventually around East Germany. America had dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and a new technology been revealed as a massive‚ deadly weapon that could wipe out thousands instantly‚ it was now an arms race. “Push of a button in Russia‚ and 35 minutes later much of U.S. could be laid to waste—with power to retaliate limited.” (Document E) It was a new age of Atomic Power with massive capabilities. Both opposing sides had the weapons and both were on the edge
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that if your country didn’t drop the atomic bomb‚ then you would die? This is what many soldiers were thinking about on August 6th‚ 1945 when the American government decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. By doing this they saved millions of American lives. When they did this Japan surrendered and it won us the war. Also‚ it demonstrated the power of America. America did the right thing by dropping the atomic bomb. One reason the dropping of the atomic bomb was the right thing to do
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Necessary to Drop the Atomic Bomb to End World War II? Research Essay “Now I am become Death‚ Destroyer of Worlds.” J. Robert Oppenheimer‚ quoting the Bhagavad Gita “You should do your weeping at Pearl Harbor.” Harry Truman On the eve of World War II‚ scientists in Germany succeeded in splitting the nucleus of a uranium atom‚ releasing a huge amount of energy. Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt and warned him that Nazi Germany might be working to develop atomic weapons
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