world has ever seen. The atomic bomb was a newly developed weapon able of causing destruction beyond any weapon before it. Two of these bombs were dropped on Japanese cities. The first on Hiroshima on August 6th‚ 1945 and the second on Nagasaki on August 9th‚ 1945. The immediate devastation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the only display of power that would cause the surrender of Japan. The psychological effects alone left a mark like no other. The U.S bombing survey sums up the immediate
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I do not think that the dropping of the atomic bombs were dropped for a good reason. Although we know that the Americans were just getting revenge for lives of the soldiers who died in the Pearl Harbor disaster makes us feel sympathetic. But I feel that bombings were unnecessary because of the effects. The effects aftermath on the cities was catastrophic‚ the explosion wiped out 90% of the Hiroshima‚ and instantaneously killed eighty thousand workers and civilians combined. more ended up dying later
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The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings. Genocide or not? ! The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred on 6-9 August 1945. As stated by Jennifer Rosenberg: ‘‘Unlike many other bombing raids‚ the goal for this raid had not been a military installation but rather an entire city.’’1 The US wanted to scare the Japanese out of the war. The possible targets of the bombings were: Hiroshima‚ Kokura‚ Nagasaki and Niigata. Kyoto was one of the choices as well‚ but it was removed from the list. ‘‘The cities
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On the morning of August the 6th 1945‚ an American bomber plane dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚ and then on August the 9th‚President Truman announced “sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy” and then on August the 9th three days later another American bomber plane dropped the second bomb on the industrial section of the city of Nagasaki‚ these two bombed completely destroyed most
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decision right‚but if you were in charge of either losing millions or losing Hundred thousands of people what would you do!Well President Truman was in this position and he did not choose wrong. President truman was justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- During the Winter of 1941 something very sad and depressing happened.The day was december seventhth and this was no ordinary
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Hiroshima: Necessary Warnings Bill Eckley HIST560 4026624 “The final decision of where and when to use the atomic bomb was up to me. Let there be no mistake about it. I regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that it should be used.”1 –President Harry S. Truman By the closing stages of the Second World War the Generals and Admirals had very little to do with how the war was to end. Truly the decision to drop the atomic bomb
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The Truth On If The Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki Was Necessary In 1947‚ the United States was put in a difficult position. While the Japanese emperor did not want to lose his position‚ or lose honor‚ they could either fight until the last man stands or find another way. With the creation of an atomic bomb becoming more and more feasible‚ with the help of Mr. Einstein‚ it seemed like a great idea. But‚ there were many things they didn’t think about when they jumped to the idea of dropping the
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Despite the vast fragmentation on society‚ Truman’s decision for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified because of the necessity to maintain security throughout the country after the horrific Pearl Harbor attacks and the relentlessness of the Japanese to surrender. After assessing the mass amount of harm done to Pearl
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American B-29 bomber‚ Enola Gay‚ drops the world’s first atom bomb‚ over the city of Hiroshima. Upon the explosion of the bomb‚ Approximately 80‚000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast‚ and another 35‚000 are injured. At least another 60‚000 would be killed by the effects radiation poisoning and starvation from the fallout. Despite of the great effort of the Air-force through the use of the atomic bomb‚ Japan refuses to surrender. But the United States was determined to end the war
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Griffin Dangler Shawn Smith Honors American Literature 27 June 2012 The Use of Atomic Weapons On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the world was forever changed when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The attack was made as an attempt to end World War 2‚ and it succeeded at a devastating price. John Hersey’s Hiroshima depicts six different accounts of victims of the bomb. The journalistic novel tells how each of the people began their day‚ how they survived the explosion‚ the response
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