samurai sword will forever hold a piece of Japanese culture. The sword in particular I have chosen to highlight is called the Honjo Masamune. You may think it odd for a sword to have a name‚ however I shall explain why they do. With the dropping of the Atomic Bomb‚ there was left in its place a feeling of hollowed emptiness of what once was. This sensation is captured no better than with Onishi Yasuaki’s installation‚ called Reverse of Volume RG. Out of this emptiness was seen hope for the future‚ a need
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Battle of Midway: The Battle of Midway was fought on Midway Island and the area surrounding the Island‚ from the 4th to the 7th June 1942. The Battle of Midway was fought by the Japanese as their commander Admiral Isoroku Yamamotoan wanted to draw the US Pacific Fleet into a battle where he could overwhelm and destroy it‚ unfortunately for him the Americans managed to break the Japanese code so they knew exactly where the Japanese were and where they were going to attack next. During the battle
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CRJ 313 19 February 2012 Truman: Bomb Dropping It was August 6‚ 1945 when the first ever atomic bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later another was dropped on the city of Nagasaki‚ Japan and this let to the surrender of Japan in World War II. The surrender would have not occurred so soon if it had not been for President Harry Truman’s decision to use the first ever nuclear attack on another nation. His decision changed history and the way the world worked. This meant
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difficult decisions of his life. The American soldiers and civilians were exhausted from four years of war‚ but still the Japanese military refused to give up there fight. American forces where occupying Okinawa and Iwo Jima and were intensely fire bombing Japanese cities. Japan had an army of 2 million‚ and they were staying strong. They stationed them selves in the home islands guarding against any invasion. The Allies demanded for immediate surrender‚ although the demand said that refusal would result
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nuclear warfare‚ and showed the potential for nuclear energy. He was the lead scientist of this world-shattering project. The Manhattan Project developed the atomic bombs that were nicknamed “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” that put an end to WWII and forever changed the way the world fights wars. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 250‚000 people directly from the explosion‚ and indirectly from the radiation‚ however‚ it additionally saved millions of lives by ending WWII. J. Robert
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Wartime is something that we have seen to be somewhat inevitable in the world and a major part of our history. We have seen all throughout history how different nations‚ states‚ groups and even people go to war for feuds that they believe matter to them and to gain something from this whether that be land‚ power or anything else. But should innocent lives be lost when achieving this goal? I believe that the lives of those that are not involved with war should not be compromised and there is no justifiable
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States military used a massive‚ atomic weapon against Hiroshima‚ Japan. This atomic bomb‚ the equivalent of 20‚000 tons of dynamite‚ flattened the city‚ killing tens of thousands of civilians. While Japan was still trying to get a grasp of this devastation‚ three days later‚ the United States struck again‚ this time‚ on Nagasaki. Within the first two to four months of the bombings‚ the immediate effects killed 90‚000–166‚000 people in Hiroshima and 60‚000–80‚000 in Nagasaki. If you are an American you
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I saw that Hiroshima had disappeared.... I was shocked by the sight.... Of course I saw many dreadful scenes after that — but that experience‚ looking down and finding nothing left of Hiroshima — was so shocking that I simply can’t express what I felt.... Hiroshima didn’t exist — that was mainly what I saw — Hiroshima just didn’t exist.” Approximately 80‚000 people were killed as a direct result of the blast‚ and
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weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act. Good morning respected judges teachers and my dear friends I here today to speak on the topic dangers of nuclear weapons We all know that the effect of the nuclear explosion in hiroshima and Nagasaki can be felt even today the survivors tell us that no one should ever undergo what they have been through a nuclear explosion creates a living hell where the living envy the dead. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive
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benefit them more than the alternative option. It is necessary to show a sense of pragmatism in select situations to move in a forward facing direction. An important example from history that accurately proves Kaplan’s point are the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US that took place on August 6th‚ 1945. Both of these nuclear attacks left catastrophic aftermath
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