“The Atomic Bomb was not only used to attack Japan‚ but it also helped to scare Russia” (Article 2) World War 2 was a very bloody war from 1939-1945. In WW2 there were two sides. The ETO and the PTO. The ETO was when the U.S. and all the allied forces fought against Hitler to try and save/help fix Germany from what Hitler had done. While men and women were fighting in the ETO‚ there were men and women fighting in the PTO. On December 7th‚ 1941 Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor Hawaii. In doing that
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in 1945‚ an atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima‚ Japan; three days later a second bombing occurred in Nagasaki‚ Japan. These bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only changed the physical and emotional health of the Japanese people‚ they also changed the world. In my essay‚ I’m going to be discussing in what ways the dropping of the atomic bombs was significant and which of these is the most important My first paragraph is going to be about the massive impact the atomic bomb had on Japan itself
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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 because
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Japanese did not respond to the Potsdam declaration. In spite of what many scientists in the Manhattan Project consider‚ with the use of the Atomic Bomb’s being inhuman‚ war overall is inhuman so I have come to the conclusion that the use of the Atomic Bombs is certainly the best option and the correct thing to do. Japan has come to be the most powerful empire in the world by their population and are rapidly becoming an empire that will never be overpowered. Our attempt at stopping the Japanese last month
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One reason Truman made the right decision of dropping the bomb was because Japan was resistant to give up the fight. In all honesty‚ we tried. We sent them a warning but‚ according to Henry L. Stimson‚ Secretary of War “Suzuki rejected the Potsdam Ultimatum by announcing it was “unworthy of public notice”” (Stimson 49). The warning was used to warn Japan the consequences if they did not surrender. To our dismay‚ they rejected showing they were unwilling to stop fighting despite the warning we gave
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The atomic bomb dropped on Japan was the correlated decision of the president at the time‚ Harry Truman‚ and his chief advisors. While the pros and cons were weighed heavily‚ it was decided that the least blood shed would be wrought if we shed the most blood on the first strike. On August 6‚ 1945‚ the enola gay‚ a class B-29 heavy bomber‚ departed from Tinian‚ an island to the southeast of Japan‚ carrying a heavy payload which would effectively be the beginning of the end of Japan’s war against the
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Universität Kassel (University of Kassel in Germany) The U.S. and the decision to drop the bombs 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction.......................................................................................................1 2. Main position of the experts..............................................................................6 3. Conclusion.........................................................................................................8 4. Works cited
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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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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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was delivered to Japan by the United States: surrender or be destroyed. On August 6th‚ 1945 the United States military dropped the first atomic bomb as an act of war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 3 days later‚ the second and last to date‚ atomic bomb was dropped onto Nagasaki‚ Japan. Under the direction of President Harry Truman‚ the atomic bombs were dropped in response to the disregarded ultimatum demanding the surrender of Japan in World War II. 150‚000 to 246‚000 people died in Hiroshima
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