The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945. These two events represent the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. Following a firebombing campaign that destroyed many Japanese cities‚ the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of Japan. The war in Europe ended when Nazi Germany signed its instrument of surrender on 8 May‚ but the Pacific War continued. Together with the United Kingdom
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Memories of Dina when battle ended with Japan The memories of World War II are still fresh in senior citizen’s mind. The war ended with many orphans and widows and one cannot forget those affectional memories. I interviewed Dina Kimmerling‚ my brother in law ’s mother‚ who is currently living in Rochester‚ New Hemisphere . She is a proud wife of a U.S Marine. She has also worked with United States Navy (U.S.N) at Pentagon and Crystal city and Unites State Marine Corps (U.S.M.C) at Marine Corps
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Truman Decision President Harry S. Truman decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan is perhaps the most controversial act of policy in United States history. One of the many different reasons given for the use of this weapon was the shock effect it would produce in the Japanese foreign policy circle. While the shock of the Japanese will be discussed later‚ it is important to note that it had a similar effect on the west. This shock effect has caused countless authors to speculate as to the motivation
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Union and the United States were still very present at that time. Therefore‚ signs show that the decision to drop the bomb on Japan was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan’s surrender. This is due to the fact that there was a fear of further Soviet involvement in the war as well as the Japan already being defeated almost completely.
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thousands of their people dying to a fiery inferno. President Truman was the one that made the decision to drop the bomb‚ and the first citation is from his personal Memoirs in 1955. The bomb was needed to be dropped so that the Japanese would surrender to the Americans. If they didn’t more American lives would be lost. The bomb needed to be drop to end the war because
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Was the atomic bomb necessary to secure a surrender from Japan? The academic historians vary in their answers to this questions‚ which in turn sparked the idea for the Enola Gay exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. In 1995‚ the curators and staff attempted to raise the academic standards of the museum by incorporating controversy into the museum experience. It juxtaposed the creation and restoration process of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress air-carrier that transported the atomic bomb
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Roosevelt should not have dropped the atomic bomb. First‚ he shouldn’t have dropped “Little Boy” in Nagasaki because “The explosion in Nagasaki immediately wiped out 90% of the city and it killed over 80‚000 people”. That is an incredibly large amount of population. If you think about it‚ that’s very sad and no one should suffer the attack from a nuclear bomb. Secondly the bomb was illegal to use (yes I said ILLEGAL). “On September 30th‚ 1938 the League Of Nations issued an unanimous resolution
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Power sent a message to the Japanese in demand their surrender. The Japanese responded with the word “mokusatsu” which translates as “to ignore” or “to withhold comment”. While the Japanese meant that they wished to withhold the comment‚ so they can discuss and decide before making a decision; however‚ the Allied translated that word as an ignored answer from the Japanese and decided to end the war by dropping an atomic bomb in Hiroshima‚ Japan. The city was destroyed just because of the mix up word
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and hasten the end of World War Two? The pressures and outcomes of dropping the explosive on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945‚ will be the focus of this investigation. The first source is Thomas Holmes article‚ “The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan”‚ published in 2005 in the United States. The origin is valuable because Holmes is an American historian and social studies professor which qualifies him to cover this topic.The publication date increases the value of this text because it shows how
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for world power. On one side of the world the Germans fighting in the east and the Japanese in the west. The end of the war was brought on by new technology and the decision to change the world. People ask if it was necessary to drop the bombs on Japan. Truman made a decision that saved the lives of American Soldiers as well as Japanese soldiers. If it wasn’t for the lives saved‚ the Technology developed and the Decision made the world would not have devolved as fast as it has. The lives that were
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