The dropping of two atomic bombs in Japan was a decision that took several years and a countless amount of people. During World War II‚ it was clear that the fighting was ruthless and many political figures felt the only way to stop the war was to drop the bombs. Since the atomic bombs were new technology‚ there were several arguments made about the idea and several outcomes had to be considered. The final decision to drop the bombs in 1945 was made through consideration of several different outcomes
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WWII. The Manhattan Project‚ a plan all over the USA to research and build an atomic bomb. Ranging from 1941-1946‚ General Leslie R. Groves ran the project‚ as J. Robert Oppenheimer ran the research. “Manhattan Project” by Ctbto.org reports‚ “Project research took place at over 30 different sites across the United States‚ Canada and the United Kingdom.”(citation needed) With this‚ the race to the atomic bomb began. Two bombs were made during this‚ Little Boy and Fat Man. Little Boy was similar to a
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casualties; as a result‚ the atomic bomb was later dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This attack on Japan would later become one of the most controversial attacks in history‚ many saying that the atomic weapon was not necessary. The dropping of said bomb has different views depending on the perspective one is looking from; whether it be political‚ ethical‚ or from a military perspective‚ the atomic attack is very controversial. From the political perspective‚ the atomic bomb was seen as a way to
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Hiroshima or Nagasaki and having an Atomic Bomb dropped over you unexpectedly killing you and your loved ones. Also imagine all the survivors suffering and dying slowly of radiation poisoning. Thats what the Atomic Bomb was. I don’t think the United States should have bombed Japan but at the sametime I do because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and that brought us into World War 2 and also bomb Japan. At 8:15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 aircraft dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
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that if your country didn’t drop the atomic bomb‚ then you would die? This is what many soldiers were thinking about on August 6th‚ 1945 when the American government decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. By doing this they saved millions of American lives. When they did this Japan surrendered and it won us the war. Also‚ it demonstrated the power of America. America did the right thing by dropping the atomic bomb. One reason the dropping of the atomic bomb was the right thing to do
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On August 6‚ 1945 the United States dropped the first atomic bomb ever on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. They also dropped a second bomb three days later‚which eventually ended World War ll. Was it the right thing to do? It created many controversial dilemmas on whether it was right or not. There are many people who oppose the use of the atomic bombs; though there are some that believe it was a necessity in ending the war. I think that there could have been other ways to end World War ll.
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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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Was it necessary to drop the atomic bombs? The only military use of atomic weapons has been on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and almost certainly brought a prompt conclusion to WW2. However‚ the question of whether it was necessary is still hotly debated 70 years after the event. The answer is no it wasn’t necessary‚ although it is not as simple as you may think because if I had just been a soldier fighting in New Guinea or if I was a POW starving on the Thai-Burma railway [1] then
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After the shift in power from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to President Harry S. Truman in the middle of the most intense war the United States has faced up to that point in time‚ there was still much to settle in the Second World War. The United States was still heavily involved with finishing the battle with the Japanese in the Pacific‚ and there seemed to be no clear end. However‚ after experimenting for years with the Manhattan Project‚ the military was able to develop a nuclear weapon for
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The thesis states the petition made on July 4‚ 1945‚ to the president of the United States drafted by author Leo Szilard and cosigned by scientist of the atomic bomb committee to consider the consequences of using the atomic bomb. The organization and structure of the writing brings a strong message about the devastation an atomic bomb would do to any city in the hands of our Army‚ but ultimately by our Commander and Chief who has the power to use it (Szilard). The point the author was trying to
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