On August 6‚ 1945‚ a US Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber‚ named the Enola Gay‚ piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets‚ dropped a nuclear weapon nicknamed Little Boy over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The Enola Gay opened its bay doors and dropped Little Boy at approximately 8:15 a.m. local time. Upon reaching 1900 feet above the city‚ Little Boy detonated. The initial blast killed over 45‚000 people instantly (Lallanilla‚ 2014). Some people believe that this was inhumane; however‚ the bombing made the
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[Type the company name] | FORWARD SOFTWARE | Settlement or Else? | | | INTRODUCTION Forward Software‚ Inc. is a software company potentially facing a copyright infringement lawsuit. The spreadsheet product Forward sells includes an optional menu navigation system identical to that of Focus Software‚ the original developer of the menu system. Forward’s spreadsheet product currently dominates the market. Focus Software is currently suing a smaller software company that has also
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place which was sending mercenaries to North Vietnam to sabotage. The first part of this was to send the USS Maddox into the Gulf of Tonkin to examine North Vietnamese naval defences. This led to the attack on the Maddox by three North Vietnamese torpedo boats which allowed Johnson to gain permission from Congress to do anything necessary to defeat North Vietnam. Johnson chose the bombing route aka Operation Rolling Thunder which lasted three years. It was a bombing of North Vietnam to convince Ming’s
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House flipping can be a very lucrative side gig. If you do the legwork ahead of time‚ you can minimize the risks and maximize the odds of making good money in a relatively short period of time. In real estate‚ good information and good ideas are worth good money. Market Research Some homes sell better than others. There are some general rules of thumb‚ such as: Three bedroom homes sell better than two bedroom ones. Homes in a good school district sell better. Homes in family-friendly neighborhoods
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Cheyenne Czarnick U.S. History p. 1 11/6/2014 By the spring of 1941‚ intensifying divergence and tensions between the United States and Japan made it apparent the two countries were headed straight for an altercation. Franklin D. Roosevelt had sanctioned Japan by cutting off their U.S. oil supply because he feared that Japan was going to take over Southeast Asia‚ which therefore would threaten Great Britain’s ability to oppose Nazi aggression in Europe. Japan was a relatively isolated group of
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THE WAR AT SEA WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE WESTERN FRONT VIVYANNE SOO 10A Is the war at sea more important or was the war at the Western Front more important? To support or contradict this view‚ we need to considerate the importance of the following things: the U-boat threat to Britain‚ Britain’s supply line‚ the British Blockade and the connections between the war at sea and the Western Front. In this essay‚ I’m going to write down the points that are for and against this view. In conclusion‚
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To better understand the attack on Pearl Harbor we must first go to the origin of the problem. Japan had little resources and they depended on trade‚ trade was the only thing keeping them going as a nation. According to Conroy‚ author of Pearl Harbor reexamined: Prologue to the Pacific War‚ “The fundamental causes of the pacific war go back to the turn of the century. International relations were then characterized by politics‚ aggressive nationalism‚ and western colonialism. These forces worked
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CETC 1172 70C – Beginning PC Repair 21 July 2013 Evolution of Airpower The evolution of airpower is a very broad subject that you could spend a lifetime researching and writing about (definitely not my objective). It is not my intent to get into the weeds on this subject but rather‚ give a “30‚000 foot view” as one of my Colonels was famous for asking for on almost any subject that he needed to be briefed on. With that being said‚ the outline I intend to follow is: I. The Wright Brothers
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Where was my name? Then it said he was doing an interview on the View. I finally figured out how to run it on just in time for that dog to say ’I love invented things to help the military torpedo ships‚ they can finally find their way around without getting lost and they owe it all to me‚ just me’ " I said to myself. After denying all my calls‚ I decided to make another one‚ a better one. So‚ I did and they day it was done I went to the
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The Battle of the Coral Sea was fought during May of 1942 between the allied American and Australian forces and the Japanese. Combat took place over thousands of kilometers in the Coral Sea‚ located off the east coast of New Guinea and Australia. Japan wanted to continue to expand their empire further into the Pacific Ocean. They hoped to establish a base in the Solomon Islands and take Port Moresby‚ New Guinea at the same time. By taking Port Moresby the Japanese would get safety from attacks‚ have
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