...Modern History Conflict in the Pacific 1937-1941 Due: Thursday 28th of August, 2008 Alyce Wearne Task: Evaluate the argument that America was justified in using atomic weapons against Japan in 1945. As one of the most significant and consequential decisions in the history of the world, President Harry Truman’s allowance of atomic weapons towards the end of World War II, of which he himself understood would cause both mass devastation and indignation, is still one of the most controversial and heavily debated topics in today’s society. This was partially due to the adverse underestimation and seemingly ignorant approach the American’s had towards their latest development of mass destruction; almost oblivious to the immense aftermath of physical injury, civilian death and emotional torment it would produce for those involved. This decision, ultimately made by one man, affected not only America and Japan, but the world. Dispute over this was, and continues to be highly generated, the event causing anger and infuriation to millions across the world. This resentment did not just accumulate from the lack of awareness and slaughter of innocent life, but from the graphic images shown in newspapers, the casualties, and the torturous amount of death underwent as a result of the bomb. As a Japanese survivor documented: “The appearance of people was . . . well, they all had skin blackened by burns. . . . They had no hair because their hair was burned, and at a glance you...
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...On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the nuclear bomb 'Little Boy' was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber. The decision to do so has become one of the most controversial topics in scholarly debate. The two major arguments among historians, such as Herbert Feis, Barton Bernstein and Martin Sherwin, are that on the one hand, the atomic bomb was dropped to end the war with Japan and on the other, that the bomb was dropped by the Truman administration to make the Soviet Union more manageable. I am in more agreement with the latter and this essay will argue that the decision to drop the atomic bomb was an American attempt to inhibit Soviet diplomatic ambitions rather than an attempt to bring the war to a quick end. The American decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was without doubt influenced by the desire to end the war since that is what it accomplished. Truman assured after the bombs had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that “the dropping of the bombs stopped the war and saved millions of lives.”[1] The dropping of the atomic bombs prevented an American invasion on Japan, the approximate cost for this exceeded $500,000 and more than a million lives would have been lost. Herbert Feis argued that many in the Truman administration believed that a land invasion of Japan would not have been sufficient enough to cause Japan to surrender quickly and unconditionally and thus Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb was a quick solution to ending the war with...
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...Research Paper: The Atomic Bomb Strayer University His 360: Twentieth Century World Research Paper: The Atomic Bomb March, 2011 Micheal McMillin Professor Curran Research Paper: Atomic Bomb: I. Executive Summary. On August Sixth and Ninth in 1945 the Japanese Island’s two cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed with a new type of weapon. The Atomic bomb created to end the Second World War, and to showcase The United States in becoming a Superpower. After the Atomic Bomb use it would affect the cities of Japan for years to come, but also the world leading to a new arms race that still affects us today. II. Essay How can one describe the power of the Atomic Bomb? With the power to bring two cities to its knees and kill thousands of people and affect people for years to come. The Atomic Bomb was used to bring Japan’s unconstitutional surrender. The used of this weapon is still under massive debate, even to this day. Was it ethical to use the Atomic Bomb not once, but twice on one nation? In using the Atomic Bomb on Japan it showed the world the deadly weapon the United States had created it. In the use of the Atomic Bomb we show the world and more importantly Russia what we developed. Now this Atomic age had begun as we enter the time known aa the Cold War. In the late 1930’s European and American physicists discovered how the fission of atoms could create a powerful an explosive weapon. In the year 1939 Albert Einstein would write a letter to President...
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...Summary of A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth is a remarkable poem describing the horrors of the aftermath of an atomic bomb explosion. This tragic poem describes the condition of the survivors of the atomic bombing by the United States on Hiroshima during the end of the World War II on 6th of August 1945. The narrator in the poem, A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945, is a doctor. The poem begins with a calm and serene note. The doctor says that it was dawn and he was in his bed, not fully clothed. When he stretched out and looked outside, he saw shining leaves and shadows. In the next moment, there were two sudden flashes of strong light and the old stone lantern in his room lit up by itself. The doctor wondered whether the flashes were magnesium flares seen during a war. In the next moment, the doctor finds out that the roof and wall of his building has collapsed and the debris were scattered all over. Dust covered up the whole place and clothes disappeared from his body. They were burnt. The doctor was wounded on his cheek, thigh and he was bleeding. A piece of glass had entered into his body which he removes ‘detachedly.’ He was wondering what suddenly took place and what had happened to him. The narrator called out his wife, ‘where are you, Yecko-san?’ Yecko-san looked pale, frightened and had blood stains on her body. The doctor assures his wife that they would be fine and they...
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...THREE-MILE ISLAND ACCIDENT INTRODUCTION: Nuclear explosion happened as a result of a sudden release of energy from superfast nuclear reactions. It may result by dichotomies or fusibilities nuclear or a combination sequentially in the case of multi-stage explosion. Around the world are five big accidents resulted by nuclear explosion, which are Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Three-Mile Island and Test "Banbury”. The accident happened Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945 Chernobyl 1986 Fukushima 2011 Three-Mile Island 1979 Test “Banbury” 1970 We knew in the past years the United States was fought into a big problem in 1979. This problem discovered the Negative effects include health of people. The incident is the worst in the history of the US nuclear industry. TREE-MILE...
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...sense for the directors of the Manhattan Project to be cautious of who learns of the project for it could cause other nation’s desire to build an atomic bomb which could lead to a world tragedy if they were to succeed. Others many believe that foreign scientists should not have had part in the Manhattan Project because they were susceptible to exposing the project’s plans to the world. Most Jewish scientists fled from Hitler and took refuge in America where many of them worked on the Manhattan Project. News of Germany’s discovery of fission caused foreign scientists to warn President Roosevelt of the situation which caused America to begin the Manhattan Project which, with the help of foreign scientists, resulted in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Ultimately, the discovery...
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...BACKGROUND History reminds us that there has not always been global order throughout the world. Countries have long been invading one another over political differences and the desire to conform other countries. Inhumane actions against foreign civilians and those seeking asylum from civil unrest have also played a huge contribution to invasions on foreign soil. Since the induction of the United Nations Security Council in 1941, countries are now under the watchful eye of the world and must obey laws set in place for matters of peace and in dire situations war time laws. BRIEF HISTORY - UNITED NATIONS June 12, 1941 the Declaration of St. James Palace was signed in to effect by key members of fourteen nations including several members of what were exiled governments. This Declaration, also known as the Inter-Allied Declaration, created an alliance between governments across countries under the desire to create peace for all civilians so that they may enjoy economic and social freedoms. 1 2 “The only true basis of enduring peace is the willing cooperation of free people in a world in which, relieved of the menace of aggression, all may enjoy economic and social security; “It is our intention to work together, and with other free people, both in war and peace to this end.” 1 October 24, 1945 the United Nations Security Council is formed consisting of 5 permanent members. January of the following year the UN Security Council adopts it’s official procedures and begins...
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...MODERN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY JULY 27, 2015 There have been many innovations developed as a result of World War Two (WWII). Many of those innovations and technologies were pushed forward in to high gear because of the need created by warfare. All types of items such as a proximity fuse (used to detonate bombs & Anti-Aircraft shells), significant advances in tanks, amphibious mobile troop carriers (DUKW), new designed aircraft carriers took over the old World War One battleships, were a direct product from the conflict. The development of the RADAR (RAdio Detection And Ranging) played a crucial role during the Battle of Britain in World War Two for the British air forces. At a time where the British only had available to them a total of 800 aircraft to try to hold back the German in which had an air force with over 3,000 planes at their ready. The use of Radar gave the British the upper hand by allow them to be able to detect the German aircraft while they were still fifty to sixty miles away. This enabled the British to only permit a limited amount of forces to fight the Germans as the approached knowing the direction, altitude, and speed of the planes as they came. In the great depths of the sea, the German U-boat had become quiet the force that was wreaking havoc on the Allied Naval ships. The U.S. Navy not only had the use of SONAR (SOund Navigating And Ranging) but the development of Bearing Deviation Indicator (BDI) was a useful tool in adding the sonar equipment...
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...descent in Canada, including the internment of Japanese-Canadians during World War II. This investigation will be carried out through analysis of various documents about the Japanese-Canadian internment. A variety of sources will be used, from books by victims of the internment to scholarly sources about the war between Canada and Japan. Two of the documents will then be thoroughly assessed, which will provide evidence to properly and reasonably answer the question. This date range of this study is from 1887 until the official government redress, which took place in the 1970s. The question will be answered through factual evidence of the internment, as well as narrative evidence describing other forms of political discrimination. B. Summary of Evidence Racism before Pearl Harbor • • Manzo Nagano, the first immigrant from Japan moved to Canada in 1877.1 In the 1920s, the Canadian Government limited the number of fishing licenses allowed for Japanese citizens.2 • In the Great Depression, the government of British Columbia denied logging licenses and the Japanese immigrants were only given a small amount of social assistance, when compared to the whites.3 • Until the late 1940s, Canadians of Japanese decent were not given the right to vote, even if Canadian-born.4 • The Japanese were not allowed to practice certain professions, including law and civil service. They were also restricted in terms of social assistance eligibility.5...
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...The Interview by Gopal Baratham ‘The trouble with you people” he frequently said, ‘is that you did not live through the war. You haven't seen enough change and suffering to value solid principles’. I choose this story, The Interview by Gopal Baratham and choose the lines because it really captivates my interest in reading this story . Throughout the story ,It pictures a lot of things from the theme,setting,plot and the characters in this story. Theme usually is one of the important component in any story .In this short story , the themes can be divided into three. The first one is about life where being grateful a is very important in every human .As can be seen from the story ,Mason ,from a normal life, his life suddenly changed into a prisoners of war under the Japanese army .From a life where he can get all the life necessities easily , turned into a very hard life where he must be very strong in order to survive .However , eventhough things turned into supermassive distressing at the first place ,he still can survive .Eventhough he had only small amount of food everyday ,he was so grateful that he still alive in this world and still want to fight for his life .The second theme is where , we must control our mind and do not let our mind control ourself .This means that , in our life , we have to think thoroughly before doing something for ourself and we have to set our own mind not to only live in comfort zone .Like what have Mason mentioned in the story ‘Well...
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...KAMPUS ANTARABANGSA LABUAN FAKULTI KOMPUTERAN DAN INFORMATIK IM21203 VIDEO PRODUCTION INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT : PROPOSAL WRITING PREPARED FOR: MS. NURAINI JAMIL PREPARED BY: MUHAMMAD ASYRAF BIN YAKUP BI13110125 SUBMISSION DATE: 3RD OCTOBER 2014 CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS | PAGE | I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT II. INTRODUCTION III. PROJECT TITLE IV. PROJECT SUMMARY V. PROBLEM STATEMENTS VI. OBJECTIVES VII. PROJECT SCOPE VIII. STORYBOARD IX. CONCLUSION X. REFERENCES | 46810121416182123 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge Ms. Nuraini Jamil, one of the lecturers in Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Kampus Antarabangsa Labuan, who played her role as the advisor for this whole project. She has done a lot in being that very source of guiding light. I appreciate every consultation that helps to encourage me and start writing this proposal for a commercial. I hope that everything that I proposed here will be approved and meets the exact requirements needed to fulfill her satisfaction and needs. Next, I would like to thank my family and friends who kept supporting me from the back while writing this. A special mention to my father, Yakup Sahar whom kept giving me great advices to keep pursuing my dreams and study hard. Also mentioning Nehemiah Nadim for giving me some brilliant ideas and points on deciding on what sort of commercial would I like to propose...
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...continuous support they give to him. And because of that support he makes his research paper successful. And for his parents, he also wants to thank them for the patience, when the reasearcher loses hope while doing his research paper. To his class adviser Mrs. Judy A. Apan who gave him a chance to experience on how to do this kind of research paper And most of all to our God Almighty who give him enough knowledge and continuous giving him faith. Table of Contents Title Page Approval Sheet Chapter I *The Problem and its backround* Introduction Statement of the problem Score and Delimination Importance and Study Definition of terms Chapter II Review of related literature Chapter III Presentation Chapter IV Summary, Conclusion and recommendation Chapter V Bibliography Chapter I *The problem and its backround* INTRODUCTION ?It is because of those scientists? inventions.? ?Modern technology owes ecology an apology!? This is what some people say when the read the news about haze, deforestation, extinction of flora and fauna and global warming. They blame modern technology, the materials and ideas developed in the last century to assist humans in their activities, for the deterioration of...
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...United States advance into their next phase of the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada during the Second World War. The goal was to produce nuclear weapons due to fears that the Germans were planning to produce them as well. 20 project sites are used to operate the project with the main assembly plant and top scientists at Los Alamos, New Mexico. On July 16, 1945, scientist successfully test a plutonium implosion bomb. The success allowed the United States to go ahead with a nuclear attack on Japan. August 6, 1945, the U.S drops Little Boy, a uranium bomb on Hiroshima, killing 70 000 instantly. Three days later, the U.S drops Fat Man, a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki, killing 40 000. Japan finally surrenders on August 15 and officially signed on September 2. Had the U.S decided to launch a ground invasion of Japan in the Fall of 1945 instead of using the two atomic bombs, the casualty estimations are estimated to reach 1 million deaths. The bombings not only ended the war, but it showed how much more powerful a nation like the U.S could be with these weapons. Since the end of WW2, no two first world countries have gone to war against each other due to the threat of these weapons. After the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union enters a nuclear arms race against each other. This period is known as the Cold War. The Cold War began...
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...History 17B Summary Paper World War II was America's most important twentieth-century war and was also known to be one of the greatest military conflicts in history. Many people viewed World War II as the “Good War”, which was a war against fascism and for democracy. After World War I which ended in 1918, Germany had to give up land and was banned from having any armed forces, which was caused from the Treaty of Versailles. Germany surrendered many material goods like cannons, machine guns, planes, trench mortars, and even railroads after World War I. Germany felt a huge war guilt and was embarrassed with the defeat if the war. The start of the second world war was influenced with the rise of Adolf Hitler. When World War II began on September 1, 1939, our government, movies, music, publishing, and fashion contributed lots of support for the war. The Treaty of Versailles caused Germany to surrender many things which caused them be in a poor economic state. Since Germany was in a horrible state, Adolf Hitler rose to become a Führer to the people of Germany do to his spectacular public speeches. Hitler promised to make his country better and quickly began to arm Germany again and to seize land from other countries, thus breaking the Treaty of Versailles. He also had a hated for Jews and used them a scapegoat. Hitler was a huge fascist. “Fascism an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.” (Webster). It opposed the capitalist...
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...possible if humanity’s curiosity is lost? The things we see now are the dreams of the past but the reality is no longer impossible nowadays. Let’s have a recap of the things that happened in the past which can be seen through the expeditions of different astronomers and scientists during the enlightenment period which landed in 18th century, the discovery of ancient organisms like cells and marine species, the invention of steam engine that led to railroad transportation, the rise of electromagnetism by Hans Christian Oersted’s Discovery, and the time when the United States of America of Allied power won against Japan of Axis power during World War II due to Einstein’s Discovery of atomic bomb which landed the city of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan. The presence of technology is really advantageous but the continues dependence of people on this should be prohibited. Dependence on technology is not only prohibited in bigger sectors of society but also in smaller units. The smaller units refer to the youth today whose potentials are the products of globalization. We believe that youth can save the wrong steps of ancient civilizations including today’s generation separated from the future, but their addictions in multimedia devices can break the old tradition. Based from the National Survey of United States of America in the year 2012, the total youth population has dependence in playing computer online games like DOTA Garena, Minecraft, Crossfire...
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