Was America Justified in using the Atomic Bombs against Japan in August 1945? In this essay I will discuss the reasons for and against whether America was right to drop the two atomic bombs. These two bombs were unloaded on Hiroshima‚ 6th August 1945‚ and attempted to hit Nagasaki‚ 9th August 1945. America gave the two bombs code names‚ the one that was dropped on Hiroshima was called ‘Little Boy’. This bomb was made of uranium. The final death toll added up to 135‚000. The nuclear bomb that fell
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Cheyanne Sitch Pod Cast 3 Part B World War One had broken out in Europe. The United States at this time was neutral even though we were sending 1‚000 horses daily to Europe. The Germans did not like this at all. During this time‚ in the United States there was a German newspaper that sold 75‚000 newspapers a day. At this time‚ there was 8 million Germans in the US which equaled 1/10 of the population. Most of them where first generation immigrants. The war in Europe caused several problems. The
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Post-WWII‚ life in America seemed to be returning to normal. America overcame the Great Depression‚ and the daily life was what it once was. Men were returning home‚ women were returning to their previous duties‚ and the economy was back on track. On the topic of women and family‚ marriages and birth rates were skyrocketing in the 1950s. However‚ this means that divorce was becoming more common as well. It was not a drastic jump‚ but more of a slow and steady increase‚ by about 10‚000 in the decade
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WWII would be affected by Fat Boy and Little Man‚ the two bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ due to the race to create an atomic bomb‚ the detonation of the bombs‚ and the final outcome. II. The Manhattan Project was a secret project of the making of the atomic bombs used during WWII. A multitude of ethnical groups from around the world helped make the bomb. The nuclear bomb was created when scientists took an atom of uranium-238 and turned it into plutonium-239‚ a controlled nuclear power
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World War I was supposed to be the “war to end all wars‚” but ironically‚ it was a major contributing factor of World War II. The second World War (1939-1945) tore families apart and claimed millions of innocent lives‚ mainly Jews. Once Hitler was in power‚ he orchestrated the murders of over 6 million Jews‚ Gypsies‚ Homosexuals‚ elderly‚ poor‚ and sick in the different Nazi concentration camps. The rise of the Nazi Party was due to the use of strategic propaganda‚ fear‚ and playing to the emotions
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Instinct: A Expository Essay Have you ever asked yourself what you would do in a time of conflict? Depending on the person one may react differently in a time of conflict‚ this was shown through the different families during World War II. Many people reacted differently during World War II. Some ways were positive while others were negative. Three Different responses to conflict during World War II include‚ concealment‚ physical resistance‚ and spiritual resistance. First‚ one response to conflict
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The weakness of the Treaty of Versailles caused World War II. The treaty blamed Germany for the war and forced them to pay reparations causing massive distrust and hatred. Dictators like Hitler and Mussolini took advantage of the weak League of Nation’s pretentious power in order to dominate many countries to increase their own country’s power. Instability was also caused by the treaty‚ which led to the rise of dictatorships throughout Europe. The implications of my argument are understanding how
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Herp Derp Ms. Jones ENG3U0 December‚ 17‚ 2012 The Lack of Justice and Karma in the Conclusion of The Great Gatsby and Society Good people are not always rewarded‚ and people who commit felonies and do wrong are not always punished. Imagine a man who tries to be nice‚ honest‚ and friendly. One night police end up at your door and you are suddenly the suspect for your friends’ murder. This is sadly the case for James Driskell (Howe). In September of 1990 his friend‚ Perry Harder‚ was shot in
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Germany during WWII‚ a ruthless place for Jews in concentration camps. A large number of people who got put into concentration camps died either from being gassed or being worked to death. The bodies of those Jews would either be cremated or buried in mass graves‚ or not even buried at all. Hitler thought that the loss of WWI was the Jews fault‚ thus Hitler started the mass murder and Genocide of all Jewish people in Germany and Central Europe. There were approximately 20‚000 German concentration
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World War II The enigma machine helped the Allies win the war by preparing the British‚ indicating Germany’s next moves to win battles‚ and destroying the element of surprise for the Germans. The enigma machine was used to find secret messages the German soldiers sent to each other. After the Allies discovered a way to decipher the codes‚ they were able to prepare themselves for future battles. Prior to the Normandy landings on D-Day in June 1944‚ the Allies knew the locations of all but
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