Was it right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki? By Ellie Hayes I think that the U.S. did the right thing by bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The cold hard fact is that Japan started the war‚ we just ended it. This debate will always be controversial because of the amount of Japanese citizens the two bombs killed and injured‚ but I believe those people are looking at it from the wrong perspective. The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was one of the most devastating tragedies in American history
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article That Day At Hiroshima‚ I can hardly image that just in one second‚ everything turned into black. Thousands of people died and thousands of people had to suffer in the rest of their lives. That picture is too cruel to thinking about. Since that thing really happened‚ we have to learn a lesson from it and not to let that tragedy happen again. First‚ we should against the nuke. Because it can bring a complete damage to a place as well as our humanbeings. We can see from Hiroshima‚ no one survived
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United States used a massive‚ atomic weapon against Hiroshima‚ Japan. This atomic bomb‚ the equivalent of 20‚000 tons of TNT‚ flattened the city‚ killing tens of thousands of civilians. While Japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation three days later‚ the United States struck again‚ this time‚ on Nagasaki. At 2:45 a.m. on Monday‚ August 6‚ 1945‚ a B-29 bomber‚ the Enola Gay‚ took off from Tinian‚ a North Pacific island in the Marianas‚ 1
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Bombing of Hiroshima During World War II‚ the United States was working on the Manhattan Project – the development of the atomic bomb. The U.S. had several reasons to create and use this new weapon‚ including the obtaining of accurate effects‚ attempting to bring an end to the war with Japan more quickly‚ and to show America’s true power to the rest of the world in order to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its sphere of influence. After much consideration‚ the first atomic bomb was dropped
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developing nuclear weapons for four years‚ and asked for a way to destroy Japan efficiently. They took a uranium bomb‚ nicknamed Little Boy‚ and dropped it on a large military town on the coast of the main island‚ Hiroshima. The outcome was exactly what they wanted and maybe even more. Leo Szilard‚ a Hungarian physicist‚ discovered the possibility of nuclear chain reaction in 1933. He shared his theories with the famous American physicist‚ Albert Einstein‚ and they contemplated the idea of this
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end the war. In order to force the Japanese to surrender unconditionally‚ many have argued that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was needed. However‚ I would argue that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima alone would be sufficient in forcing the Japanese to surrender unconditionally. The words “needed to force” in the question implies that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the only measure left while the words “surrender unconditionally” means that there would be no guarantees
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On August 5th‚ 1945 Hiroshima was a thriving city. It was known as the “key transportation hub” to the rest of the world. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were such thriving cities where the people were all family oriented. On that day‚ 350‚000 citizens of Hiroshima went to bed thinking tomorrow would be just like it was a normal day. They would get ready for work‚ did what they had to do for the next day. On August 6th in the year 1945‚ everything changed. The American army dropped a bomb that destroyed the
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Scared. Somber. Hopeless. That is how the people of Hiroshima felt on August 6‚ 1945‚ at 8:15 am‚ when the bomb was dropped. In order to recover from the horrors of the bombing of Hiroshima to grow a more hopeful future and learn from your past you need to reflect‚ think about what you did wrong‚ and figure out what you need to do different. A few ways you can learn from your past mistakes are by thinking about what went wrong and figure out what you need to do different. For example‚ summer of 2016
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Hiroshima Bomb Analysis Hiroshima is a city located in Japan‚ an island in Asia off the mainland of China. On December 7th‚ 1941 the Japanese launched an attack on the United States by bombing Pearl Harbor. This attack caused the United States to enter World War II and declare war on Japan and its counterparts Germany and Italy. The war was long and devastating for both sides both Allies and Axis powers. After a long and strained war the Japanese have been pushed back to their homeland. The United
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The Bombing of Hiroshima Hiroshima‚ Japan (1945)‚ a city of industrial wealth and military significance‚ was destroyed by the first nuclear bomb on August 6‚ 1945. Hiroshima was a city that was mainly untouched by the American nightly bombings. A community that carried about as if the war was elsewhere became the center of attention as a mushroom cloud rose above the city on that unforgettable morning. As an American‚ I am unsure of my thoughts concerning this matter‚ but as a human being‚ the
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