Ouder 1 Jonathan Ouder Dr.Stinson EN 1113-18 21 Mar‚ 2014 Was Dropping the Atomic Bomb Justified While writing my exploratory essay about Mechanical Engineering‚ I stumbled upon Engineering in the Air Force. From there‚ I dove into different military research until I found a summary of the events in World War 2. World War 2 was a war that lasted 6 years‚ from 1939 to 1945‚ and there was many countries involved‚ including: The United States‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ Soviet Union‚ Britain‚ and many
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World War II vs. World War I World War I and World War I are two of the deadliest and costly conflicts to occur in world history. With over 100 million casualties they combine to be two of the most devastating wars ever. They both are very similar and destroyed a good amount of land in Europe‚ while also involving the same allies on both side. Although they both have high casualties World War II is more important to Europe for many reasons. Some reasons are the holocaust‚ advancements in technology
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World War I sparked a multitude of significant short and long term political changes throughout Europe. In the immediate aftermath of the war‚ territory was reallocated‚ four empires fell‚ and the League of Nations was created. The creation of the League of Nations‚ despite its eventual failure‚ demonstrated a major shift in international politics from the desire to expand and conquer to the recognition of the importance of the balance of power. The Treaty of Versailles also divided Austria-Hungary
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Using the atomic bomb in World War II changed the world forever. World War II was the first time in history that a nuclear weapon had been used during war. Two atomic bombs were released by the United States on Japan. The use of 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
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The Civil War was a time of great social and political upheaval. It was also a time of great technological change. Inventors and military men devised new types of weapons‚ such as the repeating rifle and the submarine‚ that forever changed the way that wars were fought. Even more important were the technologies that did not specifically have to do with the war‚ like the railroad and the telegraph. Innovations like these did not just change the way people fought wars--they also changed the way people
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Weapons In the First World War there were a wide variety of weapons used especially when you count their variation (or different models). Here are a list of weapons used: • Rifles • Machine guns • Mustard & chlorine gas • Tanks • Zeppelins • Flamethrowers • Torpedoes and submarines •
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Browning The Greatest War The twentieth century is full of historically significant events ranging from the invention of penicillin to the first man landing on the moon. Yet‚ when people think of the twentieth century‚ these great accomplishments are shadowed by what seems to be an endless war. Of these many wars that occurred in the twentieth century‚ the one that holds the most historical significance is World War II. World War II was a war even unlike the First World War having an estimated death
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women to do heavy work such as unloading coal‚ stoking furnaces and building ships. Women moved into the labour force to fill this need. During World War I‚ for example‚ thousands of women worked in munitions factories‚ offices and large hangars used to build aircrafts. Of course women were also involved in knitting socks and preparing hampers for the soldiers on the front‚ as well as other voluntary work‚ but as a matter of survival women had to work for paid employment for the sake of their families
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World War One‚ also known as the Great War‚ was a war that would change all wars. Never in the history of humanity had there been a war fought in such a manor‚ and it would change the way all wars that followed it were fought. World War I was expected to be a relatively short war‚ as those in the past had been‚ and a war of great battles and movement. However WWI was typified by its lack of movement‚ years of stalemates and "great battles" that turned out to be massive slaughters where hundreds of
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Bibles in Canada and eventually went across the border where she continued to sell Bibles in Flint‚ Michigan as Thompson. The Civil War broke out while Edmonds was living in Flint. Although Edmonds was not an American citizen and had no obligation to participate in the war‚ she argued that she could not allow so many people to suffer while she had a comparatively easy life. In her memoir‚ Edmonds stated‚ "It is true‚ I was not an American—I was not obliged to remain here during this terrible strife
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