On 6th August 1945‚ 8.15am America dropped the first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan because Japan would not surrender. 130‚000 people were killed by the initial blow‚ mostly women and children and the Atomic bomb caused many more deaths afterwards due to radiation. 3 days later‚ 9th August America dropped another bomb‚ which was much more powerful than and just as devastating as the first‚ on Nagasaki in Japan killing 70‚000 people. Since 1940 scientists in the U.S.A had been working on a new
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Birmingham Church Bombing 1963 By: ???????? Birmingham was then the most segregated city in America and had the longest history of aggressive racial violence. Birmingham was called “Bombingham” by people in the civil rights movement because there was this long chain of unsolved bombings on black’s homes. Much of violence was perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan. The 16th Street Baptist Church was a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. From the steps of the church‚ several black marchers
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The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today I will be talking about the bombings that ended World War II ‚ The plane that dropped it‚ the destruction that followed‚ and issues that were dependent on the weather. The bombings had code names. Hiroshimas code was ‘Little Boy’‚ Nagasakis code name was ‘Fat Man’. The bombings took place on August 6th‚ 1945 they had different locations where they might drop the bombs‚ it all depended on whether the target had clear weather. So hours before
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[pic] Source B: This cartoon of a public shelter was published in Britain in February‚ 1941. [pic] Q.1 What do sources A & B relate to? ___________________________________ Q.2 What do these sources tell us about how people were affected by bombing raids during the Second World War? ___________________________________________________________ The Blitz Cartoon of a barrage balloon in May‚ 1940 [pic] (ARP) put up huge barrage balloons. Each balloon was moored to a wagon by a cable. What
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Was the bombing of Dresden justified? Justified Not Justified 2. Dresden was a very important rail centre for moving tropos‚ concentration camp prisoners and materials of war. 4. Many industrial workers lived in the very centre of the city. 5. Dresden contained factories that produced shells‚ lenses for submarine periscopes‚ aircraft radios‚ fuses for anti-aircraft shells and engines for fighter aircraft. 11. In 1934‚ Germany withdrew from the Geneva Disarmament Conference‚ refusing to support
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The bombing of Hiroshima was an atrocity because thousands of innocent people died and suffered from diseases. The atomic bomb’s damage almost destroyed the whole city. According to statistics‚ “between 70‚000 and 100‚000 people are estimated to have been killed by the bomb. Other people died later from the effects of atomic radiation. ” (Plye) In other words‚ Almost 50% of Hiroshima’s population died in the bombing without having any chance to save themselves and fight for their lives. The ones
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What is a Strategic Planning? It is a well written mission statement for any organization which drives its business towards its goals - be it profits‚ standards‚ market value‚ customer satisfaction? Can the plan be flexible or adaptable as many of you have discussed here? I believe that every organization need to follow the strategic intent in today’s ever changing world. There are some factors that can be predictable but many factors are not. An organization‚ in order to succeed need to have
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The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ on August 6‚ 1945. The world would never be the same. This paper will discuss the significance of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how they led to the success of the Allied forces. It will also discuss how the United States developed the atomic bomb‚ the decision to drop the bomb‚ the weakening of Japan‚ the actual bombing an destruction of both cities‚ the surrender of
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The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Was it justified? The bombing of Hiroshima occurred on August 6‚ 1945 and three days later followed by the bombing of Nagasaki. The bombing killed hundreds of thousands of civilians‚ including woman and children as said by Admiral William E. Leahy (Document 2). While the dropping of the bomb had devastating effects on not only the people and the environment‚ it effectively ended the war. The amount of people that died due to the bombs may not even compare
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Hiroshima’s atomic bombing Educating ourselves on events in world history may not prevent the present and future leaders from making the same mistakes‚ and neither will it accomplish utter tranquility and peace among all countries. It is however an important tool for us individuals to understand the results of each event‚ and how they came to shape the structures of nations and their relationships with each other today. The bombing of Hiroshima is an event that has impacted the United States and
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