to drop Atomic weapons on Japan during World War Two’ Discuss. Towards the end of World War II‚ Japan had already been weakened by the battle of coral sea‚ but on August 6‚ 1945 an American B-29 bomber dropped a first hand developed atomic bomb on the civilian and military inhabited city of Hiroshima. 70‚000 people were killed instantly. Thousands were left heavily injured and sick. The United States had many different reasons to be justified to have dropped the bomb. Nevertheless‚ the bomb was ‘a
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This investigation will explore the question: To what extent was President Truman’s decision to the drop atomic bomb to save lives and hasten the end of World War Two? The pressures and outcomes of dropping the explosive on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945‚ will be the focus of this investigation. The first source is Thomas Holmes article‚ “The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan”‚ published in 2005 in the United States. The origin is valuable because Holmes is an American historian and social studies
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Harry S. Truman July 1945 President of the United States of America 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington‚ DC 20500‚ USA Mr. President‚ As the Chief of Staff of the United States of America Army and Commander of all allied forces‚ I am informing you on where we should go from here‚ after the 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
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were two atomic bombs that were dropped during World War II. There were few survivors after the atomic bombs were dropped. Both of the atom bombs had nicknames. They were dropped three days apart from each other. The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The second was dropped on Nagasaki. The atomic bombs are what ended the war. After both bombs were dropped‚ Japan surrendered. Japan did not stand a chance against the United States now that they had created atomic bombs. The atom bomb was
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barriers 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
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In early August 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two bombs quickly yielded the surrender of Japan and the end of American involvement in World War II. By 1946 the two bombs caused the death of perhaps as many as 240‚000 Japanese citizens1. The popular‚ or traditional‚ view that dominated the 1950s and 60s put forth by President Harry Truman and Secretary of War Henry Stimson was that the dropping of the bomb was a diplomatic maneuver aimed
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Union was at its peak in history. It was a time when the hatred against communism and the idea of nationalism were growing exponentially. Meanwhile‚ Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were arrested for the accusations of helping the Soviets create the atomic bomb‚ which was the United States’ only advantage over the Soviets. Their arrest eventually led to the first ever execution of espionage in United States history. However‚ the justification of their execution is still being debated to this day. Did
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could have been much worse. In 1945 the United States faced the real possibility of having to invade Imperial Japan. Such an invasion would have to rival D-day in scale and cost untold thousands in American blood and treasure. However‚ President Harry S. Truman had an alternative. Over the past several years‚ working in secret‚ some of the greatest minds in science had developed a weapon. A bomb that could level cities‚ a bomb that changed the basic power of the universe‚ an atom bomb. Truman now had
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Since World War II‚ America has been defined and shaped by the atomic bomb. In the documentary film Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States‚ the atomic bomb‚ it’s history‚ role‚ and it’s place in shaping the history of the United States is explained. But to understand the atomic bomb’s history and role in America‚ morally and policitally‚ World War II must be known‚ because it all really began with the start of World War II. Although a slow start of war‚ and with many historians disagreed
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(Dramatic News music playing in background) News Broadcast- News Reporter: Sorry for the interruption. We have breaking news pertaining to the Cold War. The Soviets have developed an Atomic Bomb. Now the Soviets being our enemies could drop the bomb at any time. So you viewers out there need to be prepared. We are now going to show you three scenarios in how to protect yourself against an Atomic Bombing. Scenario 1 (screens shift from News broadcast to Person cooking in kitchen) Raianne
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