Towards the end of World War II with casualties high and morale low the U.S. military decided to unleash the most destructive weapon the 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
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WAS THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI JUSTIFIED? A bomb which was equal to 13‚000 tonnes of highly-explosive bombs‚ used to make the Japanese surrender‚ but also killing many lives‚ cannot be justified. When the highly-explosive bombs were dropped in Dresden‚ everyone had thought of this as very affective. But imagine how bad the atomic bomb would be‚ which could destroy a city only just by its radiation‚ let alone the actual explosion. President Truman of America made a decision of
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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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World War Two raged on with huge increasing number of casualties caused in both Japan and America. However‚ Japanese military’s stubborn mindset had led to their refusal to end the war. In order to force the Japanese to surrender unconditionally‚ many have argued that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was needed. However‚ I would argue that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima alone would be sufficient in forcing the Japanese to surrender unconditionally. The words “needed to force” in the
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Today was a weird day‚ it’s not like one of those days where you sit around class secretly checking your phone under the table; hoping that the teacher won’t notice‚ but everybody knows that they know what’s going on. It’s like they have eyes all over the room‚ under the desks and in each corners of the room. Always constantly watching your every move. Today was a day where I paid attention to the lesson. I have to say‚ my history teacher thought us a pretty interesting topic. It wasn’t like a boring
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Research Paper Samuel Overton 40827123 25 March‚ 2013 History 111 Dr. Julien Vernet On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the atomic bomb “Fat Man” was dropped on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan. Only three days later‚ a second atomic bomb‚ “Little Boy”‚ was dropped on the city of Nagasaki‚ Japan. These two bombs marked the end of World War II and the conflict with Japan‚ remaining as the only use of nuclear weapons to date. In their destructive path they left up to 210‚000 people dead1‚ and
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Was America justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? On august 6th 1945‚ an atomic bomb named little bomb has been dropped on Hiroshima Japan‚ a blast which was over 6‚000 degrees Celsius where over 70‚000 people were killed instantly and over 20‚000 killed because of the aftershocks and sickness. (Bbc.co.uk‚2015) People’s eyes came out of their sockets‚ and peeled skin hung from their body. Their ashes left shadows on the wall and floors of Hiroshima. There were people who
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In the summer of 1945‚ World War II was coming to a close. The Nazis had surrendered‚ causing the Allies to focus on defeating Japan and finally ending the war. President Harry S. Truman called for the “unconditional surrender of all Japanese forces‚” but the Japanese would not oblige. At first‚ Truman considered invasion of the Japanese main island‚ Honshu‚ but too many American soldiers would have died. The military turned to The Manhattan Project‚ the secret multi-billion dollar military project
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On August 5th‚ 1945 Hiroshima was a thriving city. It was known as the “key transportation hub” to the rest of the world. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were such thriving cities where the people were all family oriented. On that day‚ 350‚000 citizens of Hiroshima went to bed thinking tomorrow would be just like it was a normal day. They would get ready for work‚ did what they had to do for the next day. On August 6th in the year 1945‚ everything changed. The American army dropped a bomb that destroyed the
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S. was the first country to use an atomic bomb on another country‚ and the U.S. is still the only country to have ever used an atomic bomb. The U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan on August 6‚ 1945 and dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki‚ Japan on August 9‚ 1945. 70‚000 died instantly in Hiroshima and 80‚000 died instantly in Nagasaki. Even though the U.S. destroyed many Japanese lives the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was the right decision. However dropping the second atomic bomb
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