In August 1945 the world changed. Two American atomic bombs were dropped on Japan with devastating effects. On the 6th of August 1945‚ the Enola Gay‚ a B- 29 Superfortress plane‚ dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima. This single bomb killed 80‚000 people immediately and about 60‚000 more within six months. On August 9‚ a second atomic bomb that ultimately killed about 70‚000 people was dropped on Nagasaki. The dropping of these nuclear bombs is perhaps one of the most debated decisions
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki In the 1930’s Hiroshima was a transportation center point as well a key Military city with a population of around 200‚000. Nagasaki was a naval port for the Japanese military with an even bigger population of 240‚000. The Japanese involvement in World War II began with their conflict with China‚ and the forming of the Axis alliance that included Germany as well as Italy. The United States at this time was a neutral country and was not involved in the war. A surprise attack
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President Harry Truman‚ Letter to Samuel Cavert Harry Truman was the president of the United States of America. He became a president in April 12‚ 1945. He held the presidency until January 20‚ 1953. In August 11‚ 1945‚ President Truman wrote a letter to Samuel Cavert‚ who was a general secretary‚ and a member of the Federal Council of the churches of Christ in America‚ telling him that the president was greatly disturbed by the unwarranted attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor and also was disturbed
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Jessica McGough Mrs. Fransko Adv. English 2 1/16/13 Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki “Should he order this devastating bomb to be dropped on Japan‚ a nation so close to defeat?” (Stein 40). Perhaps this was President Truman’s most agonizing and most difficult decision of his life. Japan`s plans to expand‚ led it to attack Pearl Harbor in December 1941 (US History World War II). This invasion made World War II an unavoidable event for the United States. The surprise offense on Hawaii
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that they used was the atomic bomb or known as the “A” bomb (History Channel). The effects the “A” bomb had on Japan was devastating. The first atomic bomb was released on Hiroshima‚ killing 80‚000 people (History Channel). The second bombing was on Nagasaki‚ killing 40‚000 more Japanese
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that dropping the atomic bomb has saved quite a lot of lives in a way. America had bombed Tokyo before‚ using conventional bombs. While in Hiroshima using the atomic bomb‚ about 75000 people died‚ and in Nagasaki about 50000‚ during the conventional bombing of Tokyo‚ 100‚000 people had died. This makes the atomic bombs seem a little bit less powerless because we can see that conventional bombs can kill just as many people. Another reason that the Americans were right to bomb japan is because of the
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Earlier this year‚ the nation witnessed a massive media explosion surrounding the Smithsonian Institution’s planned Enola Gay exhibit. As the 50th anniversary of the August 6‚ 1945‚ atomic bombing of Hiroshima approaches‚ Americans are about to receive another newspaper and television barrage. Any serious attempt to understand the depth of feeling the story of the atomic bomb still arouses must confront two critical realities. First‚ there is a rapidly expanding gap between what the expert scholarly
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employs various techniques‚ including point of view‚ tone‚ emotive and descriptive language to position readers to respond to changing priorities‚ Japan’s reaction to the crisis and moral and ethical issues. Up until Hersey’s account of the Hiroshima bombing‚ texts that were presented to readers were fabricated propaganda and contained the preconception that dropping the bomb was not ethically wrong. This influenced readers in that context to feel as if the Americans had taken the right action to end
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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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civilians and militants instantly and eventually leading to the total destruction of up to 90 per cent of the city. This bomb along with a second bomb led to the surrender of japan just days after‚ ending the Second World War. The reasons behind the bombing causing the surrender of japan and the ethical issues still are widely controversial to this day. Historians have investigated whether the dropping of the atom bomb was necessary and what effect the bombs had on ending the war in the pacific. The
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