Can the bombing of dresden be justified? On the evening of February 13‚ 1945‚ a series of Allied firebombing raids begins against the German city of Dresden‚ reducing the “Florence of the Elbe” to rubble and flames‚ and killing as many as 135‚000 people.More than 3‚400 tons of explosives were dropped on the city by 800 American and British aircraft. The firestorm created by the two days of bombing set the city burning for many more days‚ littering the streets with charred corpses‚ including many
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The Boston Bombings: Case Study Analysis Boston Bombing Marathon Boston Bombing On April 15‚ 2013‚ during the Boston Marathon‚ homemade explosions were detonated near the finish line taking the life of 3 Americans and injuring more than 260. The explosive devices were determined to be two pressure cookers strategically set to detonate 210 yards apart at 13 second intervals. The investigation lead was taken over by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who released photographs and surveillance
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about 80 minutes after the bombing. The prosecution hopes to show at the trial that the plugs tested positive for NG‚ or nitroglycerine‚ which is used in high explosives and the production of dynamite‚ and EGDN‚ or ethylene glycol dinitrate‚ also used in dynamite. In addition‚ they plan to provide testimony that the residue traces found on the plugs are "consistent with" PETN‚ or pentaerythritol tetranitrate‚ a high-explosive compound that frequently has been found in bombings. McVeigh’s jeans. The left
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The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Written By: Nicholas Phandoe World War II began on September 1st‚ 1939 when the Germans invaded Poland and then ended on September 2nd‚ 1945 with the signing of the surrender documents from Japan aboard the American Battleship USS Missouri. During the course of 1941 when the US joined WWII‚ and 1945 when it ended over 291‚000 US American
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I. Manhatten Project (C)before German & Japanese‚ Pearl Harbor opportunity‚ Japan already defeat‚ Hiroshima (70‚000)‚ Nagasaki (40‚000)‚ “complete destruction” “utter destruction” a. Through many see the bombing as immoral‚ the atomic bombings actually saved lives of both Japanese and U.S. people‚ weakened Japan who wasn’t as innocent as many believed‚ and ended the devastating WW II. II. Save many lives a. U.S.A. i. No invasion of Japan ii. Many casualties: battles
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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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On the 19th April 1995‚ 6 years prior to 9/11‚ a terrorist attack was carried out on the Alfred P.Murrah Federal Building in Oklohoma. The bombing killed 168 people and injured more than 680. The blast destroyed or caused damage to buildings within a 16 block radius which lead to an estimated cost of $652 million. Although it wasn’t as large and devastating an attack as 9/11 the Oklohoma bombing still had a direct impact towards the US economy as it led to
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The United States decided to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. This bombing created devastation and death that the world had never seen before. The use of the atomic bombs has been a topic of intense debate for years following the bombing. Several reasons for such outcry pertaining to the use of the atomic bomb were the moral dilemmas behind the bombing‚ the mass destruction caused by the bombing‚ the horrible physical and emotional effects on the citizens of Japan‚ and strained relations
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On August 6‚ President Harry Truman plans to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This bomb is supposed to have a major impact on this city. Tens of thousands of people are estimated to die on impact‚ and thousands are estimated to die after due to the exposure to radiation. President Truman wants to drop the bomb to end the six year war‚ however‚ it has caused a major controversy over the amount of damage it will cause. Some people believe that this amount of destruction is needed
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with a piece of metal the size of a cell phone stuck in her foot (Brian 5). There was no turning back now for most bystanders near the finish line‚ and the Boston Marathon would never be the same. The suffering and sadness of this tragedy left the city with three deaths‚ hundreds without limbs‚ several hospitalized‚ and billions of Americans worried about
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