breathed a sigh of relief. Unfortunately‚ the surrender that came from most German allies in the rest of the world was not a predisposition the Japanese shared. They refused to surrender until the United States dropped atomic weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9‚ 1945. On August 15‚ the Japanese announced their unconditional surrender‚ thereby ending World War II. The decision of the USA to use nuclear weapons to force the surrender of Japan was a controversial
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investigates the importance that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had on motivating Japan to surrender. The author advances the trajectory of the traditionalist arguments by affirming to historians the internal turmoil that Japan faced to surrender. Rhodes states that the turmoil between the government‚ military‚ and civilians led to Japan prolonging the war. Rhodes agrees with Butow by saying that the Japanese citizens felt that the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima placed Japan in a position
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serious American interference with Japanese military operations. In response‚ the United States declared war on Japan. Following Germany’s declaration of war on the United States‚ the United States also declared war. The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were
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World War II lasted for six years from September‚1 1939 to September 2‚ 1945 and resulted with Japan’s surrender but believe it or not many events occurred both good and bad before anyone could make that choice. Before the declaration of this war japan had made an agreement with the U.S in which they gave them a friendship medal signifying peace. Turns out that wasn’t the case japan actually backstabbed the U.S and on the morning of December 7th‚ 1941 the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor destroying
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anything goes. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified‚ for there are positive effects‚ the Japanese were brutal‚ and it ultimately saved lives. Firstly‚ there are the positive effects brought on from the bombings. There is the resounding fact that the bomb ended the war‚ first of all. Some people may disagree with this‚ saying that they would have surrendered anyway‚ but they were a stubborn people. The bomb was the final push they needed to finally give up. These bombings also gave the
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to become involved in this war‚ it eventually joined after the Japanese attacked U.S forces in Pearl Harbor. By dropping two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and declaring war on Germany‚ the U.S had officially entered the war. Reasons why the U.S dropped these atomic bombs were and still are the subject of much controversy. After the first atomic bomb detonation in 1945 taking place in New Mexico‚ speculations arose disputing whether or not the implementing of these bombs
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ a B-29 Super Fortress by the name of the “ Enola Gay” dropped the first atomic bomb code named “ Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The Staff at History.com stated‚ “The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80‚000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later‚ a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki‚ killing an estimated 40‚000 people.” The decision was made‚ and it changed the economy and
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bomb was dropped on Japan was because President Truman thought it was the best to get Japan to surrender. Japan was have given two different chances to surrender. But they just ignored them and went on with what they were doing. So bombing both Hiroshima and Nagasaki finally got them to surrender. Another reason was because it saved the American lives and to sped up the end of the war. With Japan surrendering‚ it saved 100‚000 American Soldiers lives and 1‚000‚000 Japanese lives. 2.What were
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that had caught my attention. The first was by Ken Kesney counter cultural figure and author of the 1962 novel “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” This first quote was taken out of his 1964 novel “Sometimes a Great Notion” “Suburban survivors of Hiroshima described the blast as a ‘Mighty boom‚ like a locomotive followed by a long‚ loud train roaring past‚ fading gradually away to a murmur.’ Wrong. They describe only the ear’s inaccurate report. For that mighty boom was only the first faintest
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Harry Truman had to make one of the hardest decisions any President ever had to make. He had to decide whether or not to spare countless American lives at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Japanese and drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was his responsibility as the President to protect the US‚ but the death toll in Japan was so horrific that it really makes you wonder if it was worth the killing of all the innocent people‚ many of whom were women and children.
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