During the World War II era‚ which was from September 1st‚ 1939 to September 2nd‚ 1945‚ many countries had conflict with each other and the development of the atomic bomb began. As time progressed in the war era‚ the bomb was fully developed as the United States dropped two on Japan. As the bombs demolished two cities in Japan‚ many people questioned if the usage of the bomb was necessary or not. The atomic bomb impacted the conflicts between the United States and Japan by forcing Japan to surrender
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airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima‚...That bomb had more power than 20‚000 tons of TNT...which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare”. By the summer of 1945‚ millions of soldiers and citizens of the world had died after years of fighting in the Second World War. Although Europe’s involvement in the war had come to an end‚ the War in the Pacific between the United States and Japan had not found its conclusion. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have come
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the bomb caused the world to realize how powerful weapons can be. Much controversy came from the United States use of the atomic bomb and people still debate today whether or not the US was justified in their decision to use the bomb. Because Hiroshima was a significant military spot for Japan‚ the United States decided to drop “Little Boy”‚ the nickname for one of the atomic bombs‚ here. It contained the 2nd Army headquarters‚ which commanded the defense of all of southern Japan. The city consisted
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military interviews‚ diaries and other private as well as public materials‚ literally every top U.S. military leader involved subsequently stated that the use of the bomb was not dictated by military necessity.” “The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender….” – Admiral William D. Leahy‚ Presidents Chief of Staff “In being the first to use it‚ we…adopted an ethical standard
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Anubhav Kaur 3.26.2012 Period 6 Mr. Blaine AP History Qualifying Essay If the topic of World War 2 were to come up‚ I am sure you would jump straight to thinking about the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Because President Truman made the decision to do that‚ many people began to despise him. But there is a lot that people do not know about what led to him making that horrific decision. In my opinion‚ President Truman’s decision to drop
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The Manhattan Project Not even a decade ago‚ our society spent years of studies in order to develop advancements in new technologies or inventions and it punctuated intervals of time in which to absorb and adapt to the change. However‚ in modern society‚ the pace of developing “the next big thing” significantly increased. Unlike the past‚ our modern world required shorter intervals to adapt due to our historical developments. However‚ there is one subject that required adaptation among our ‘big
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Gay- which is now kept in a museum in Washington- left a US base in the south of Pacific Ocean and detonated an atomic bomb named “Little Boy” over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The direct and the indirect death toll caused by this bombardment are estimated to exceed 140‚000. This however was not the end as three days after Hiroshima bombing‚ another atomic bomb‚ called the “Fat Man” killed 73‚000 and injured 74‚000 people in Nagasaki‚ Japan‚ not including those who later were found to be the victims
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Truman and the Atomic Bomb On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the atomic bomb‚ named “Little Boy”‚ was dropped over Hiroshima‚ Japan. There were reasons for this act against Japan‚ one of which having to do with Russia. These included strategic‚ moral‚ and political reasons that would benefit the US in the war and ultimately help them win. The US also wanted this to end World War 2. As we look back on this historical event‚ many would argue if dropping the atomic bomb was the right choice. Strategically and politically
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previously stated events America was considering the use of nuclear weapons to end the war with Japan to prevent unnecessary deaths and use of resources. President Truman was the one made the decision to drop Fat Man on Nagasaki and Little Boy on Hiroshima. They were dropped on August 9th‚ 1945. After considering the pros and cons of the use of nuclear weapons I believe that President Truman and the U.S were not justified in the use of the atomic bomb to force Japan’s surrender. First of all there
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THE SHATTERER OF WORLDS1 Kildare Dobbs Before that morning in 1945 only a few conventional bombs‚ none of which did any great damage‚ had fallen on the city. Fleets of U.S. bombers had‚ however‚ devastated many cities round about‚ and Hiroshima had begun a program of evacuation which had reduced its population from 380‚000 to some 245‚000. Among the evacuees were Emiko and her family. "We were moved out to Otake‚ a town about an hour’s train-ride out of the city‚" Emiko told me. She had been a fifteen-year-old
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