the Manhattan project‚ developing the greatest weapon created at that time‚ the Atomic Bomb. On August 6th‚ 1945‚ The Atomic Bomb was first unlatched from a bomber above the city of Hiroshima‚ reducing the city to rubble. Three days later‚ the next bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ marking the quick yet gruesome end of WWII. There has been a big debate and a lot of controversy towards the dropping of these two bombs; ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat man’. Was it really necessary? Some think it was necessary as the
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Americans died compared to the 7 million Russians that were sacrificed. By focusing on the negative aspects of the atomic bomb dropping‚ one may overlook the fact that a president’s first priority is to protect and secure the welfare of his/her people and Truman did just that by dropping the bomb. Chief Executive Harry S. Truman fully knew that his decision to drop the atomic bomb would cause damage beyond imagination‚ but he had no other choice because the Japanese were reluctant and were highly unlikely
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The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb Topic: Atomic Bomb General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the dropping of the atomic bomb Thesis Statement: The creation of the Manhattan Project‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ and the aftermath are events that changed the world forever. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: Boom! Can you imagine a white light that blinds you instantly and a sonic boom that bust’s your
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class was exposed to what happened leading to the dropping of the bomb. Some believe that the droppings were justified‚ because if the bombs weren’t dropped‚ there would have been more battles and even more deaths than the bombs combined. Another reason some would agree is to show the world what this weapon really does. Others may think that the bomb was one of the worst event that has ever happened to our world because of how many innocent lives the bomb took and how the threat of nuclear warfare is
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The Atomic Bomb The Manhattan Project was a United States government research project where they produced the first atomic bomb. The project started in 1942‚ with only six thousand dollars in funding‚ and ended in 1945‚ when the first atomic bomb was produced. “ The atomic bomb took four years to produce about two billion dollars” (Moss 22). Dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified‚ that is why we dropped the bombs. The dropping of the atomic bombs saved many American
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cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with newly developed‚ top secret atomic bombs. In the many years following this event‚ arguments have transpired as to whether this action was ethical‚ and whether it was really necessary to end World War II quickly. However‚ due to the wartime situation and Japan’s extreme cruelty‚ the United States were predominantly justified in their decision to drop the atomic bombs. Dropping the atomic bombs in Japan was a strategic method to finish the Second World War‚ and to
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Was the dropping of the atomic bombs justified? I have carefully selected six different sources which are either for or against the USA dropping the bombs on Japan. I have tried to find ones which support or oppose the dropping for their own separate reason. Source 4 is against the dropping of the bomb. It is an eye-witness account from a five year old girl; I think this is a reliable source because a five year old girl has no reason to lie about the events. It is sad because a girl of that age
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President Truman made the correct decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. There were various events that led to his correct decision starting with Albert Einstein’s letter to President Roosevelt. In his letter‚ Einstein warned President Roosevelt that Germany might develop and use atomic bombs. These bombs were capable of mass destruction because of the energy released by the splitting of atomic nuclei. When a single free neutron strikes the nucleus of an atom of radioactive material
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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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left dead (Rossenfeld‚ n.d.). The causes of all of this were two atomic bombs dropped by the United States. At first glance‚ it may seem that dropping these two bombs was a terrible and horrific thing to do. However‚ the use of atomic weaponry was actually a necessity in how well our conflict with Japan played out. Without the bombs‚ we would have fought longer‚ and more lives would have been lost. Dropping the atomic bombs on
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