On August 6‚ 1945‚ at 8:16 am‚ American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This fatal bomb wiped out 90% of the city and 80‚000 people immediately‚ however‚ tens of thousands more later died from extreme radiation exposure. When no surrender was filed by the Japanese‚ three days later‚ August 9‚ 1945‚ Major Charles Sweeney flew another B-29 bomber‚ on Nagasaki at 11:02 am‚ killing an estimated 40‚000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced
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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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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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Marshall Islands: Atomic Bomb Testing AN350 - Usha Prasad Chaminade University Introduction This paper explores the documentation of the claims for diseases that were caused by nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. Many suggest that cancer and other diseases in these islands have been caused by the nuclear testing in the Pacific. I chose this topic because I was always interested in the overall culture of the Marshall Islands. I was raised in Guam‚ a United States
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as controversial decisions. One major event that has long been debated was the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reason Japan was threatened by the U.S. with the Atomic bomb was to force them to surrender. The war would have taken much longer had an invasion been attempted. An invasion would have cost more lives for both sides than the bombings. The Allies were justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first reason the bombing was justified was that it was
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Herbert Hoover once said “The use of the atomic bomb‚ with its indiscriminate killing of women and children‚ revolts my soul.” This is the opinion of not only Hoover‚ but for everyone else in the world as well. An atomic bomb is a dangerous weapon‚ no one can stop the power of an atomic bomb. The first place that America used the atomic bomb was Hiroshima‚ Japan. The bomb was too powerful and it killed thousands of people. The bombing in Hiroshima has been the final attack to Japan that stopped the
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grade schools was that the United States dropped the atomic bomb to save American lives and end the war. President Truman and some advisors stated after the war‚ that somewhere between five hundred thousand to one million American lives would be loss with an invasion of the Japanese homeland (37). So‚ in an attempt to bring the War in the Pacific to an end they used the atomic bomb. They also justified the use of the atomic bomb by claiming using the bomb would save an untold number of Japanese lives
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innocence and incorruptibility‚ but the atomic bomb targeted for Hiroshima carrying the code name “Little Boy” was anything but‚ and was one of the last straws for Japan is World War II. The bomb caused massive destruction and three days later when another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ Japan couldn’t take it and surrendered. If today I was asked to drop an atomic bomb on an enemy I would have to consider a lot before accepting the mission. When the U.S. dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima it killed
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launched 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
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Mario Lopez ENC 1102 Fiedler 23 October 2012 Argumentative Essay Life and Success because of the Atomic bomb After defeating Nazi Germany there was only one step for the United States to end World War II and achieve world peace. The U.S. had to make the Japanese Empire surrender. The U.S. armed forces had already devastated the Japanese and conquered Japanese territories of Iwo Jima‚ Okinawa‚ and Japanese-held Luzon at a very high casualty rate. The last effort to make Japan surrender was to
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