Was America justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? On august 6th 1945‚ an atomic bomb named little bomb has been dropped on Hiroshima Japan‚ a blast which was over 6‚000 degrees Celsius where over 70‚000 people were killed instantly and over 20‚000 killed because of the aftershocks and sickness. (Bbc.co.uk‚2015) People’s eyes came out of their sockets‚ and peeled skin hung from their body. Their ashes left shadows on the wall and floors of Hiroshima. There were people who
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relentless fighting were known as World War II. America allied with Great Britain‚ France (except during German occupation)‚ the Soviet Union‚ and China as they fought against many challenges during the war. In 1941‚ hundreds of Japanese planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu Hawaii. The Japanese managed to destroy 20 American naval vessels‚ as well as planes‚ and much more. In the midst of this pondering‚ Roosevelt passed‚ and Truman was thrown into presidency. The ongoing
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On August 5th‚ 1945 Hiroshima was a thriving city. It was known as the “key transportation hub” to the rest of the world. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were such thriving cities where the people were all family oriented. On that day‚ 350‚000 citizens of Hiroshima went to bed thinking tomorrow would be just like it was a normal day. They would get ready for work‚ did what they had to do for the next day. On August 6th in the year 1945‚ everything changed. The American army dropped a bomb that destroyed the
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Bombing of Hiroshima During World War II‚ the United States was working on the Manhattan Project – the development of the atomic bomb. The U.S. had several reasons to create and use this new weapon‚ including the obtaining of accurate effects‚ attempting to bring an end to the war with Japan more quickly‚ and to show America’s true power to the rest of the world in order to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its sphere of influence. After much consideration‚ the first atomic bomb was dropped
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S. was the first country to use an atomic bomb on another country‚ and the U.S. is still the only country to have ever used an atomic bomb. The U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan on August 6‚ 1945 and dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki‚ Japan on August 9‚ 1945. 70‚000 died instantly in Hiroshima and 80‚000 died instantly in Nagasaki. Even though the U.S. destroyed many Japanese lives the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was the right decision. However dropping the second atomic bomb
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Hiroshima Peace Day falls on August 6 and Nagasaki Peace Day on August 9. The two days to remind the world of the destruction that a war can wreck. According to estimates the bombs killed a large number of people – with the majority of the causalities having died from flash or flame burns. What happened? In 1945‚ the United States of America dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. On August 6‚ the nuclear weapon “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima because it
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Hiroshima Bomb Analysis Hiroshima is a city located in Japan‚ an island in Asia off the mainland of China. On December 7th‚ 1941 the Japanese launched an attack on the United States by bombing Pearl Harbor. This attack caused the United States to enter World War II and declare war on Japan and its counterparts Germany and Italy. The war was long and devastating for both sides both Allies and Axis powers. After a long and strained war the Japanese have been pushed back to their homeland. The United
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The United States’ decision to bomb two cities of Japan‚ which we’re Nagasaki and Hiroshima‚ was not at all justified. Many people know that Japan deliberately attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941‚ in order to strategically weaken the American Naval Base. However‚ the United States’ decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to push Japan to surrender the war . The bombing was unjustified because the U.S. military: targeted heavily populated civilian cities‚ deliberately
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To what extent do you agree with the view that the period 1815-48 constituted a ’time when nothing happened’ in ’Germany’? The term “a time when nothing happened in Germany” is defined by in terms of unification between the 39 individual ‘German’ states and monarchies. Between the years 1815 to 1848‚ ‘Germany’ as one individual country still didn’t exist‚ and ’’German’ people continued to lack nationalist sentiment and liberalist views not until the end of 1848‚ a period when a series of ’German’
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nuclear weapons were exploded upon the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Following these atomic bombings‚ Japan surrendered. But were the atomic bombings necessary to save Allied lives and end Japan’s threat to world peace while avoiding a deadly invasion of the Japanese mainland? The following account summarizes the events that led to Japan’s surrender in World War II and then considers other means of achieving Japan’s surrender. The second half of this article‚ which also includes the bibliography
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