The United States was the first and only country in history to launch and employ the use of nuclear weapons. It is still controversial today as to why President Harry S. Truman
bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II? This is a very complex topic with many different opinions. While some think that it was justifiable because it put an end to World War II and saved lives by not causing a land invasion, others think the bombing was not necessary and widespread suffering. I think it is not justifiable for the United States to do so. Even though the bombing put an end to World War II, it caused the loss of many lives. The bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused around…
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on on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had happened more than 70 years, the morality of its action is a hot issue among the people in contemporary society. The atomic bomb that was used by the United States against Japan in 1945 had significantly impacted and shocked the world. The impacts that were caused by the bombing of atomic bomb can be divided by two categories, which are health effects and destructive effects. Firstly, about 130,000 people had died by the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The most…
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relations 217 Paper #1 Research Question: could have the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki been avoided? The purpose of this research paper is to answer the question could have the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki been avoided? On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the first Atomic Bomb had been codenamed “Little Boy” because it had an explosive force of some 12,500 tons of TNT. “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber aircraft. The first bomb instantly…
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Thesis Statement Hiroshima has changed Japan from a diplomacy, military, and humanitarian standpoint. On August 6, 1945 at 8:16 a.m., the world was changed forever. This world changing event, the bombing of Hiroshima took place in Japan. The United States had been in war with Japan for quite a while; in effort to make a powerful statement, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb known as “Little Boy” on Hiroshima. The bombing changed many important things, but it most importantly…
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defeated. On August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb, the first of its kind, was dropped on Hiroshima, devastating the city. When surrender wasn’t given from Japan, another bomb was dropped a few days later on Nagasaki. These two devastating blows on Japan lead to surrender. WWII lasted between 1939 and 1945; however, its effects lingered due in part to the United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United State’s decision to drop an atomic bomb influenced and continues to influence…
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Necessary? The intentional killing of thousands of civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to put a quick end to the war against Japan far outweighs the effects of the Chernobyl Accident of 1986 by any moral standards. Economically the effects of Chernobyl may be considered higher and the effects on the land higher, however at this time there are far less civilian casualties that are directly related to Chernobyl. The bombings killed an estimated 204,000 people between the two bombs and from…
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the idea of the atomic bomb was born. America’s top physicists and scientists joined forces to develop an atomic bomb before their enemies and succeeded. They proceeded to drop their atomic bomb on Hiroshima and another on Nagasaki. This decision to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not a military necessity, because it slaughtered thousands of the innocent, developed the capability of wiping out the human race, and did not end the war. First and foremost, the atomic bombs…
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had to make a decision. They decided to pick up that rock and throw it back, but causing more damage. On the same day of Japan dropping the bomb, the United States declares war on Japan and decides to drop bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki years later. The selfish action of the United States…
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The United States decided to the put an end to the defeated Japanese army once and for all through the use of nuclear weapons. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6-9, 1945 killed and wounded a combined 225,000 Japanese citizens. These two atomic bombs were capable of completely wiping out anything within a 1.6 kilometer radius. Boeing bomber planes dropped these bombs in the center of both of the cities to maximize the damage caused on the cities. This caused for the destruction…
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cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On August 6, 1945, an American plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Instantly, nearly every building in the city collapsed, taking down the city’s population of 280,000 civilians and 40,000 soldiers, approximately 70,000 died immediately (Foner 705). On August 9, the United States dropped a second bomb over Nagasaki, Japan killing, the same number civilians from the first bomb. Though the decision of dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a highly…
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