Atomic Bomb Essay World War II started on September 3 1939‚ When Germany invaded Poland‚ two days later the war started when Britain and France declared war on Germany. But the United States did not get involved until December 7 1941 when Japan bombed a naval base called Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. In 1942 The Manhattan Project started in the United States. The project was to build nuclear weapons. It took three years to construct and test the weapons. The United States had to contact Japan and
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1939-1945 and all the horrific consequences it had on the world. But do you ever take the time to think about how this war really ended? It obviously had to have taken a very powerful army or leader‚ but that wasn’t the case. What really caused this national turmoil to come to an end was the dropping of the most deadly weapon known to mankind: the atomic bomb. The year is 1939‚ and a world war is on the rise. America really wanted to create a weapon that they could use if worse comes to worse. Albert
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of one of the most destructive weapons known to humanity occurred within the United States. This weapon‚ known as “the atomic bomb‚” was used on the two Japanese cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ resulting in a death toll unprecedented by any military weapon used before and an immediate‚ unconditional surrender. Some historians believe President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb in order to intimidate the Soviet Union whereas others believe it was a strictly military measure designed to force Japan’s
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History 1302 Dr. Cox Atomic bomb In 1945 Harry S. Truman decided to use the atomic bomb not only once‚ but twice to finish World War Two. The first bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima August‚ 6th killed upwards to around 80‚000 people and the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki August‚ 14th killed 40‚000 people. The controversy of the atomic bomb is because of the amount of innocent people that were killed in Japan. Nobody will ever know the outcome of the war if we never dropped the bomb‚ but we do know
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The Atomic Bomb: Effects on Hiroshima and Mankind The nuclear bomb was the most devastating weapon ever created by man. It was developed between 1942 and 1945 during the second World War. The project to build the worlds first atomic weapon was called The Manhattan Project. The nuclear bomb was based on the idea of splitting an atom to create energy‚ this is called fission. Three bombs were created‚ "Trinity"‚ "Little Boy"‚ and "Fat Man". "Trinity" was dropped on a test site in New Mexico on July
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Effects of the Atomic Bomb Ryan McNall Southern Vermont College In our vast history of events‚ we have learned a lot about radiation. One event in time that had a big effect on what we know about radiation was when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan in 1945. This attack started the nuclear warfare age and gave the world an idea of what radiation can do to your body if it is used in the wrong ways. Before the attack on Japan‚ the United
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dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan is significant in many ways as it was a start of a new age of warfare. The dropping started a long journey into accepting that the world was going to advance technology. The dropping of the bomb made countries fear each other but it also stopped world war two. The impact of the atomic bomb on Japan is a reason why the bomb was significant because they were the trial run. The atomic bomb was powerful and caused suffering to thousands of people. The first bomb (which was
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august 6th 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan. Three days later‚ they dropped a second one on another Japanese city‚ Nagasaki. Those two bombs were first and only atomic weapons ever used in actual combat. Until atomic bombs were reported in “The New York Times”‚ most American citizens had never heard of atomic bombs. Ordinary bombs had been an important part of World War II‚ and they brought much destruction to both sides. This atomic bomb‚ the equivalent of 20‚000 tons
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Atomic Bomb DBQ In August of 1945‚ the United States launched two atomic bombs on Japan; the first‚ in Hiroshima on August 6‚ and the second in Nagasaki a few days later. Despite the obvious diplomatic advantage to implementing one of the most intimidating weapons of that time‚ the United States’ tactics and goals behind dropping the atomic bombs were purely military oriented; the political benefit was merely an added bonus. The atomic bomb was necessary due to the Japanese’s refusal to surrender
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The alternative hypotheses in this case is dropping an atomic bomb against your enemies will end war and save lives. The null hypothesis was ending war and saving lives had nothing to do with the reason why the atomic bomb was dropped. It was dropped on the sole propose of showing the world that it would be willing to use nuclear weapons against its enemies. Finding the data on how many times we used bombs on enemies and non-enemies can test both hypotheses. After that we will take a look at the
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