military personnel wanted to continue fighting. that very same summer America used atomic bombs to attack Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While both of those cities were getting bombed he stayed within the capital of his country. But both of these attacks were not on army bases so both civilians and soldiers died. approximately 70‚000 of them immediately died from the explosion in Hiroshima‚ and another 70‚000 from radiation 5 years later. On the 15th of August in 1945 Emperor Hirohito made a radio
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President Truman Had the Right to Drop the Atomic Bomb “On the morning of August 6‚ 1945‚ the American B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later another B-29‚ Bock’s Car‚ released one over Nagasaki. Both caused enormous casualties and physical destruction.” (Maddox 1). These disastrous events have weighted upon the American conscience ever since that day in history. Even though there are some people that disagree with the dropping of the atomic bomb
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justifies the means” was expressed in Truman’s decision to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Truman wanted to drop the bombs on military bases because the Japanese attacked America. He saw this as a more timely end to this war and retaliation back at the Japanese. “The end justifies the means” in this case is relevant to today by Truman’s decision (or means) to drop the bomb was ended with 90‚000 residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dying instantly. The deaths (end) was justified by his decision
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bombs were made during this‚ Little Boy and Fat Man. Little Boy was similar to a gun‚ with a uranium core. Why Little boy is referred to as “gun like” is because‚ uranium is shot into uranium to create a chain reaction. Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. Fat Man had a plutonium core and was more of a
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When the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan by the United States in 1945 it killed 90‚000–146‚000 people in Hiroshima and 39‚000–80‚000 in Nagasaki. The hydrogen bomb is approximately 1‚000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb. If a hydrogen bomb was ever used to destroy people we would be in trouble. A hydrogen bomb could wipe out a whole United States coast;
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Bibliography: Michael J. Hogan (ed.) (1996)‚ Hiroshima in History and Memory‚ Cambridge University Press. Martin J. Sherwin (1975)‚ A World Destroyed‚ Knopf. Giovanetti‚ L and Freed‚ F (1967)‚ The Decision to Drop the Bomb‚ Mathuen. Alperovitz‚ G (1994)‚ Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam‚ Pluto Press. Internet: Long‚ D (unknown date of creation)‚ Hiroshima: Who disagreed with the Atomic Bombing? (online)‚ retrieved August 31‚ 2012 from http://www
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neither Chiang or Mao wanted to weaken their forced by fighting pitched battles with the Japanese. Despite continuing to occupy much of China’s territory‚ Japan eventually surrender on september 2‚ 1945 to Allied forces following the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Manchuria.
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“Little boy” and “Fat man”. These were the names of the two devastating atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One‚ a gun-assembly fission bomb where “a mass of Uranium-235 is fired down a gun barrel toward another mass of Uranium-235”. The other‚ an Implosion fission bomb where “a sphere of Plutonium-239 is surrounded by high explosives that compress the plutonium”. Both bombs had a TNT equivalent of over 15‚000 tons‚ and the sheer force of both explosions was equal to the load of nearly
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The story of the atomic bomb Have you ever wondered about how the disasters at Hiroshima and Nagasaki came about? Well I have too‚ and here is what I got for answers.The atomic bomb was built out of necessity in order to protect our country because we found out that the Germans had already discovered nuclear fission‚ it was possibly the most devastating project in the U.S‚ and it also opened up important new studies of radiation. The first atomic bomb was built out of necessity because Albert
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god for the Atomic Bomb.” Thank God for the Atomic Bomb and Other Essays. New York: Summit Books‚ 1988. Ian Binnington Faculty Home Page. Eastern Illinois University. n.d. web. 4 Jan. 2009. The Manhattan Engineer District. “The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Center for Digital Discourse and Culture. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Web 23 Oct. 2012 United States ---. “Combined Chiefs of Staff Estimate of the Enemy Situation (as of July 6 1945)” 8 July 1945 (PDF) “The
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