Was it Justified or Necessary for the Americans to Drop the Bombs? Introduction On August 6th‚ 1945‚ an American B-29 bomber named “Enola Gay” dropped the world’s first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The nuclear explosion killed nearly 90 percent of the cities population‚ killing 75‚000 people from the point of impact and thousands more dying from Radiation Poisoning later on. Three days later‚ on August 9th‚ a second B-29 bomber named “Bockscar” dropped a second Atomic bomb on the Japanese
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United States dropping on atomic bomb on Hiroshima was one of the most controversial topics of 1945. Many believe that the United States decision to drop this atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ was a diplomatic measure intended to scare the Soviet Union after the Second World War; however‚ this is untrue. The United States decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was done entirely to scare the Japanese army‚ and force them to surrender. The United States choice to drop the atomic bomb‚ strictly for the Japanese
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The effects of the atomic bomb were terrible. There’s no doubt in my mind that the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a costly mistake. Atomic bombs produce heat millions of degrees high‚ and visible ultraviolet and inferred rays.(Lapp 844) Everyone and everything exposed to their blast is affected. No one is left untouched‚ whether it be emotional or physical; in many cases both. However‚ many members of the science community argue that the atomic bomb was a great advance in technology
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Truman and the Atomic Bomb On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the atomic bomb‚ named “Little Boy”‚ was dropped over Hiroshima‚ Japan. There were reasons for this act against Japan‚ one of which having to do with Russia. These included strategic‚ moral‚ and political reasons that would benefit the US in the war and ultimately help them win. The US also wanted this to end World War 2. As we look back on this historical event‚ many would argue if dropping the atomic bomb was the right choice. Strategically and politically
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Decision to Drop the Bomb By Jung Oh Introduction Of all the political and military decisions in history‚ few have been subject to more analysis and comment than the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Miles‚ 1985‚121). Scholars in the field have grappled with the vexing question of why the United States decided to use the atomic bomb near the conclusion of the Second World War. A careful study of the critical events leading up to 6 August 1945 offers many distinct
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different elements and energy. This process was called fission‚ and it was the basis for the atomic weapons designed and created for use in the Second World War. In early 1939‚ German physicists found a way to split a uranium atom‚ paving the way to atomic weaponry. Out of fear from the power in the enemy hands‚ Albert Einstein‚ a German physicist escaping Nazi rule ‚ and Enrico Fermi informed President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the “extremely powerful bomb of a new type” ‚ but the fears were cast
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The story of the atomic bomb Have you ever wondered about how the disasters at Hiroshima and Nagasaki came about? Well I have too‚ and here is what I got for answers.The atomic bomb was built out of necessity in order to protect our country because we found out that the Germans had already discovered nuclear fission‚ it was possibly the most devastating project in the U.S‚ and it also opened up important new studies of radiation. The first atomic bomb was built out of necessity because Albert
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Why is the event still important today? On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United .States . dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb destroyed most of Hiroshima‚ killing an estimated 130‚000 people. Nicknamed Little Boy‚ the bomb had a force equivalent to 20‚000 tons of TNT. On August 9‚ a second bomb called Fat Man was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki killing roughly between 60‚000 - 70‚000 people. On August 15 Japan surrendered. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Atomic Bomb Essay World War II started on September 3 1939‚ When Germany invaded Poland‚ two days later the war started when Britain and France declared war on Germany. But the United States did not get involved until December 7 1941 when Japan bombed a naval base called Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. In 1942 The Manhattan Project started in the United States. The project was to build nuclear weapons. It took three years to construct and test the weapons. The United States had to contact Japan and
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DBQ ESSAY In Europe‚ the war with Germany was over but Japan was still fighting. So the U.S could concreted on the war with Japan. The U.S had atomic bombs ready and a decision had to be made; should they sent ground forces to invade Japan or should they bomb Japan. So on August 1945 the U.S decided to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and this created some controversy. Some people though it was a good idea to bomb Japan‚ while others say that 200‚000 innocent people
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