In ww2 ‚ the atomic bomb was dropped on japan to put an immediate end to the war and not draw other countries (i.e. the soviet union or china) into fighting combatively against the U.S. As far as foreign relations go‚ it proved to the world that the U.S was the most powerful country in that time ( superpower) . This also relates to several years later during the cold war. It prompted the Soviet Union to develop their own nuclear warfare. (i.e us comes out with hydrogen bomb and a year later USSR
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the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚ and then on August the 9th‚President Truman announced “sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy” and then on August the 9th three days later another American bomber plane dropped the second bomb on the industrial section of the city of Nagasaki‚ these two bombed completely destroyed most of the cities. There were lots of consequences of the bomb being dropped
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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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the atom splits it releases a tremendous about of energy‚ enough to power a bomb. But when they made this huge discovery there was many more problems that had to be solved before they could use such a weapon. Albert Einstein learned that the Germans were succeeding in solving how to make such a weapon. Einstein and Enrico Fermi‚ who escaped Fascist Italy agreed that the President must be informed of the dangers of atomic technology in the hands of the Axis powers. Then Einstein wrote a letter to
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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
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ during World War II (1939-45)‚ an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb named the Enola Gay over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It is said to have dropped right over Shima Surgical Hospital some 70 yards southeast of the Industrial Promotional Hall (now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome). The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80‚000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Crewmembers of the
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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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5/3/2011 Joan Hinton – Atomic Bomb Topic Outline & Thesis Statement According to Joan Hinton‚ “As long as there is war‚ scientists will never be free‚ are we scientists going to spend our lives in slavery for madmen who want to destroy the world?” Joan Hinton wanted to use her gift as a mathematician to help people around the world; instead‚ she was deceitfully recruited to work on a project that would kill sixty – seventy thousand people and injure one hundred
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In 1942 the U.S. government started the Manhattan Project‚ which was the secret effort to make a bomb based on nuclear fission (Levine 269). The project’s name originated because it was initially located in the Manhattan district of the Army Corps of Engineers (Schlager 408). Frist‚ the initiative was put into motion because of the growing fear that Nazi Germany might be developing an atomic bomb following a number of their advances in science (Kraft). President Roosevelt eventually started the project
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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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