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Surrender Letter
392 wordsWhen Truman made his decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I think it was a bad idea, but in a good way of protecting ourselves from Japan. The reason why I think it was a bad decision was that he didn't really give them enough time to respond, and send a surrender letter. When we didn't receive a letter, we figured they didn't take us seriously. I think the Japanese didn't get the letter yet, or we didn't give them enough time to respond to it. The reason why I think it was a go...
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Atomic Bomb Over The City Of Hiroshima
547 wordsThe Atomic Question On August 6, 1945 the world was changed forever. On that day the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Never before has the world seen anything like it. Hiroshima had almost been decimated with an estimated 70-80,000 people were killed. Three days later a second, more powerful bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing over 100,000 people. Since Japan was almost defeated and wanting to surrender, many have debated over whether or n...
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My Knowledge Of Pearl Harbor Bombing
418 wordsPearl Harbor The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 at 7: 50 AM on a Sunday morning. There were over 3500 Navy, Army, and Marine troops killed. Four battle ships were sunk and many over military vessels were heavily damaged. The U.S. and Japan had not yet declared war and the U.S. military divisions were not on any type of wartime alert. In fact the Japanese diplomats were in Wash D.C. Conferring on possible ways to resolve their differences. Prior to the bombing the ...
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Use Of The Atomic Bomb
1,254 wordsWas it Necessary for the United States to Drop Atomic Bombs on Japan to End World War II The year was 1945. World War II was nearly over. Germany had been defeated and the allied forces were sure to win the war. The only unsure thing was how many lives would be lost in defeating Japan. The United States decided to drop the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. On that day the Enola Gay dropped "Little Boy" on Hiroshima. Three days later the United States dropped "Fat Boy" on Nagasaki. 240,000 civilians...
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Use Of The Atomic Bombs
855 wordsThe Lesser Of Two Evils: Why the Atomic Bomb Was Justified As history has progressed, Man has always looked back and debated why certain actions occurred and whether or not such measures should have been taken. Though numerous such arguments take place, one of the most debated issues is that of the dropping of the atomic bomb at the end of World War Two. Critics of the atomic bomb argue that far too many people were killed through the United States' use of the bomb, they state that other means w...
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Japan's Surrender
508 wordsThe book Hiroshima, written by John Hersey, is a great book to read. The book gives a great portrayal of the struggles that the people of Hiroshima went through after the bombing by the Americans during World War II. The constant changing point of view, in each section of the five chapters, might be confusing, but it keeps the book moving at a steady pace and makes the reader want to find out what will happen next to each person. The different stories of each survivor shows how ever person, no m...
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Bomb On Japan
1,938 wordsHiroshima: the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb It was a beautiful morning on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Little did anybody know that that morning would be remembered as one of the most important and tragic days in United States History. The Japanese had been planning the attack on Pearl Harbor since September of that year. The plans were told to the pilots on October 5th and the order to begin the attack was given on December 5th. On December 8, 1941, President Frank...
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Warning To Japan
524 wordsThe dropping of the A-bomb was a direct result of world conflict, at the fault of everyone involved. The blame has been placed on many people, from Oppenheimer making the bomb to the pilots dropping it. However, the blame of the disastrous A-bomb cannot be placed solely on one person. There were many people who were involved in the dropping of the bomb and the making of the bomb. The Manhattan Project was the code name for the US effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. Sparked by ...
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Use Of Atomic Bombs
2,143 wordsWas the Atomic Bomb Really Necessary World War II "I have to decide Japanese strategy-shall we invade Japan proper or shall we bomb and blockade That is my hardest decision to date. But I'll make it when I have all the facts". -Harry S. Truman Many questions have arisen dealing with the need for the atomic bomb since it was twice used in 1945 to end World War II on the Pacific Front. Did it save lives when compared to an all out invasion, or could it have been a statement to Russia in an effort ...
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Japan Without Reliance Upon The Atomic Bomb
713 wordsThe United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was more of a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japans unconditional surrender. The United States Governments decision was influenced somewhat by popular sentiment of the war. Japan had an army of an estimated 5 million people. In his memoirs, Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson wrote: I was informed that such operatio...
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Atomic Bomb On Japan
1,069 wordsWorld War 2 Introduction World War 2 was one of the many wars that occurred during the 20th century. During this brutal war many countries, people, and history were changed. The the Germans and Japanese forces allowed them to take over kill many of people. Now, years later, from a different point of view, the Germans and Japanese accomplished nothing but just killing innocent people. The greediness behind the Germans and Japanese in the 20th century would forever. How Did This War Start The Germ...
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Atomic Bomb Before The War
1,126 wordsWhy did the U.S. use the atomic bomb? The years leading up to World War II and the dropping of the atomic bombs were hectic and disordered, from the rise of Hitler in 1933, U.S. isolationism in 1934, to the death of U.S. President Roosevelt. The war showed no signs of ending and the security and freedom of nations around the world were in danger. Order was nowhere to be found, and the decision to even consider using the atomic bomb was unpreventable. The U.S. used the atomic bomb because it was ...
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Dropping Of The Bomb
532 wordsThe Atomic Bomb was used more as a weapon of surrender upon the people of Japan than it was used as a display of power towards the Soviets in 1945. The Japanese military had already shown an unwillingness to surrender throughout the war, and this feeling was made famous by their infamous use of suicide pilots, called kamikazes. They had 5,000,000 troops scattered throughout the Pacific Theater of Operations, and an American invasion of the Japanese homeland would have lasted until late 1946 at t...
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Hundreds Of Japanese Planes Bomb
1,884 wordsThe Atomic Bomb and the Manhattan Project It was December 7, 1942 a beautiful mourning in Pearl Harbor. When out of the blue, hundreds of Japanese planes bomb and either sunk or severely damaged eight battle ships and at least thirteen other naval ships that were docked on the shore. This spark is what involved the United States the forest fire known as World War II. My paper is not on the war itself, but is on the atomic bomb, and what was known as the Manhattan project. In my report I will tal...
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One Atomic Bomb On Japan In Order
659 wordsIn order to end WWII President Truman believed it was necessary to destroy an entire residential Japanese city with what was the most horrific weapon of its time, the atomic bomb. Near the end of WWII almost all countries had stopped fighting and the allies were in victory, but the war between Japan and the U.S. was yet to be finished. By this time Japan and the U.S. were very tired of fighting and both countries were looking for away to end the war. The U.S. had the upper hand on the war, howev...
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Bombing Raids On Japan Cities
1,437 words"A bright light filled the plane. We turned back to look at Hiroshima. The city was hidden by that awful cloud... boiling up, mushrooming". (web) What could cause such devastation Fat Man and Little Boy, the bombs that ended World War II and brought the world into the nuclear age. In September 1940, after the fall of France, Hitler and Mussolini made an alliance with Japan. The Tripartite Pact provided the right of entry of Japanese troops into Indochina. Japan quietly extended her influence in ...
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Atomic Bomb Attacks On Hiroshima And Nagasaki
2,611 wordsThe Atomic Choice The atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been at the heart of a heated debate. The United States should have chosen an alternate path to end their conflict with Japan during World War II, saving hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilian lives. The Spokesmen of the United States Air Force said the atomic bomb wasn't needed for the victory of this war, that the war was already won and the use of the atomic bomb was unnecessary. Our country has created a negative im...
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Dropping Of The Bombs
899 wordsWas the bomb necessary in the procuring of Japans surrender I think not. I believe that it was a two pronged attack. One prong was meant to maybe get revenge on the Japs and the other to put fear in the soviets. Now so far as getting at the Japs I believe that the fact that the Japanese military had been broken speaks for its self. Even though there was an estimated 2,000,000 on the homeland and that there was artillery enough to outfit them did not mean much. I mean if Japan were still wanting ...
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Inevitable And Complete Destruction Of Japan
589 wordsThe date is August 2nd, 1939. Physicist Albert Einstein has just completed the first of a series of five letters to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In it he urges Roosevelt to support research toward the construction of an "extremely powerful" bomb. "A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air". Albert and h...
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Atomic Bomb Japan
1,873 wordsOn August 6th 1945, a United States B-29 bomber flew over the city of Hiroshima in Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb ever to hit a populated area. Over the years since that event, there has been a lot of controversy whether the bomb should or should not have been used. President Harry Truman of the United States was the one who makes the decision to drop the atomic bomb. He has been criticized for this decision ever since. Some historians believe that the bomb was dropped to scare the Sovi...
